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Fantastic news, Hatzicho! When I get them on a scale I will post that info.

Do you have any opinion on their color classification? My impression that the texture of the long hone is better was...

I uploaded the pictures to imgur. Click the image to enlarge the pictures. Sorry for the inconvenience.

A closeup of both hones "good" sides. Short hone is on the right.

imgur: the simple...

Just took the photos but am unable to upload anything...the error on the upload dialogue box says: 403 IOError Event="ioError bubble=false cancelable=false eventphase=2 text=Error#2038. I tried a...

Thank you, Hatzicho, for the encouraging words! I will post full size pictures taken outdoors with the darker background later today. I should mention the person I bought them from described the...

I welcome further thoughts following the pictures. I am truly quite a novice when it comes to hones and am still really puzzled by post #16. Of course it is nearly impossible to prove, but I...

Thanks for the feedback--but the suspense has been killing me, so I got the hones out just now to give them a try with a blade. Here are the results!

First, I took measurements of the shorter...

Not sure what you mean, adrspach--I think you called it right! It is pretty clear we are talking about a combination Thuringian with rubber in the case of the first hone. As for the second one, my...

Thank you for the additional info, Kees and Hatzicho. Do you have any opinions on the second hone? I like the rough hewn backside on it and the extra length. The pictures aren't as good, but I...

Good luck in your quest, hillbillypick. My only other hone is a coticule bout, so I am really curious if this will help me elevate my edges.

I thought it looked like a Barber's Delight too--with slurry stone. Thanks for the great comments, everyone! Here is the second stone.

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It looks like a remnant of a...

Hello everyone,

I am totally stoked after having scored two old hones which I believe to be Thuringians over the weekend. I would love to hear your thoughts on them. I will post pictures of the...