Thread: New hones that I like to show you Gents

Oki well I have bought some new hones that I like to show you Gents :-)

First the Celebrated is presented for the comparing.

Both the hone are SIZE - 4.5" INCHES LONG STONE X 1" WIDE, so they are a little shorter than the Celebrated hone

The "no label" hone is blue and a hard stone, but still it works great and put a super nice edge.

The "Made in Germany" labelled hone is more of a light grey (still not the same grey as the Celebrated) and is a very-very soft stone, wow the best hone I have ever worked with.

Gents what are you thought, please express you wisdom about these hones, and ohhh let me hear you say "this is for sure a Escher" :-)

I have 2 thuringian hones, and what you have there are definitely thuringian/escher-type hones! Very beautiful indeed. I have a couple of the celebrated water hones, and I of course had to show them off too!

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...ebay-find.html

and

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...azor-hone.html

What you have there are some fine hones, good score.

P.S. Where did you grab these great stone from?

Forum member and advanced rock collector Blaireau has said that the "Celebrated" labeled hones are indeed Eschers and he know what he is talking about. Those are some nice ones and all in the family IMO. In the photo with the water on them it looks like the light colored one may be the coveted yellow/green and the one on the right a blue/green. Hard to say in photos but a great haul whatever they are.

I agree; it looks like you hit it big. Congratulations.

Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave

I have 2 thuringian hones, and what you have there are definitely thuringian/escher-type hones! Very beautiful indeed. I have a couple of the celebrated water hones, and I of course had to show them off too!

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...ebay-find.html

and

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...azor-hone.html

What you have there are some fine hones, good score.

P.S. Where did you grab these great stone from?

Yes your Celebrated I also had my eyes on when the auction where there, you really made the rock look like a million. -it has the same label as I the box I got, still not the same box, mine looks very old..

I got em all of ebay, tsk tsk the dark one the headline said "SMOOTH OIL STONE CARBORUNDUM SHARPENING WOODEN BOX" But the pictures told another story :-)

I have a stone like those.Mine is 1.5" wide and 6" long and what a great edge I been getting!! Congrats on a BIG score!!