Nice Thuringian in Box eBay find

[StraightRazorDave]

Hey all,

So I got this a few weeks ago. It's a dark thuringian stone (kind of a dark green), and with a nice label on the front of the box, and a complete perfect paper label on the inside of the box lid.

The stone was originally glueto the bottom of the box....and I wanted nothing to do with that! So I research on SRP, and I came across a thread about getting a hone out of the glued box. So I soaked it in some hot water, and the stone eventually came off of the wood, but the bottom of the box came apart in the process.

So after I let it dry, I re-glued the box together, sanded it down a little bit (because the hot water striped the finish off of the bottom), and put on a light finish so the bottom would match the top. I even put a little crazy glue around the loose hinge to secure it to the box. It worked out wonderfully! The box looks great now (with a little damage to the very bottom, but I don't worry about that ) and it's a great show piece for the stone.

I also lapped the stone on all of the surfaces (to make it pretty), and it works wonderfully as I've tried it on a razor already.

Here ya go, hope you enjoy the pics.

[ChrisL]

Nice score. That looks like a great stone. I've had good luck removing a box bonded old stone by heating it in a low temp oven (200 degrees or less IIRC) and the glue came apart easily. Like you found, the box came apart as well, but if I ever want to glue the box back together it will be easy to do.

Chris L

[nun2sharp]

Man, that thing looks brand new.

[ben.mid]

I've got one exactly the same & i've seen a few. They seem to be the most common Thuringian we got in England. Is that the one i linked in Joke1176's Escher post?
Vintage Thuringian Barbers Water Razor Hone Germany-C18 on eBay, also, Barber Shop Shaving, Vanity Perfume Grooming, Collectables (end time 01-Feb-09 21:30:00 GMT)=