Escher/Thuringian love. show of your rocks

[fatwade]

Well those are interesting stones and you might be right that due their rareness they might sometimes reach a higher selling amount...

On the other side if you see the synthethic side and the natural side its a very thin stone. I personally would always prefer a 2x5inch Thuri in a double layered quality in full thickness or other bigger thuringian stone.

To be precise, those are in the end more collectors based stones in my point of view.

 

[SliceOfLife]

A 5x2" two sided is a $350-450 stone. The ambicuts are about a cm thick and that's more than a lifetime of razor finishing. The only comparable thuris in price are 5x1 celebrated stones... Which are very rare in green. And try to find a LG thuri rubbing stone. The last one I saw was the famed $130 auction.

 

[fatwade]

A 5x2" two sided is a $350-450 stone. The ambicuts are about a cm thick and that's more than a lifetime of razor finishing. The only comparable thuris in price are 5x1 celebrated stones... Which are very rare in green. And try to find a LG thuri rubbing stone. The last one I saw was the famed $130 auction.

Well the LG rubbing stone why should it cost 130usd ? Was that a full size stone or what ?

 

[David]

Well the LG rubbing stone why should it cost 130usd ? Was that a full size stone or what ?

No it was just a slurry stone. 1.5" long, 1" wide, and 3/4" Thick. They listed it as YG. No clue why it brought that much.

 

[fatwade]

No it was just a slurry stone. 1.5" long, 1" wide, and 3/4" Thick. They listed it as YG. No clue why it brought that much.

Well dumb if someone pays that for a stone you can get for around 30usd. Dont think you can count that as "market prices" its plain sillyness then...ok havent seen probably it looked nice...

 

[Jayber Crow]

Wow those prices are crazy. I usually find them at flea markets for about 5 bucks. In fact if they ask 10 I'll ask if they'll take 5, and usually they will.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Yep, that's why there are more than a few folks who buy at flea markets and sell on eBay. Flea market vendors rarely know the value of sharpening stones (or razors or much of anything with a primarily online demand).

 

[David]

The only comparable thuris in price are 5x1 celebrated stones... Which are very rare in green

I never really thought about that, but you're right, almost all of the 5x1's I see are DB or gray. I only have one that's YG but its an odd size at 4 1/4 X 7/8. I always figured it was one of the big rubbers that you see with the 10" thuris.

 

[SliceOfLife]

I've seen two that I can remember in LG... And a handful in gray. Dozens in dark blue.

The 4" I've seen, on the other hand... Almost always gray. I think gray were usually considered DB... But once in awhile the very light ones got promoted to green.

 

[David]

Here's a side view of two I'm talking about. The one on the left is two toned. I sanded the sawmarks down on the sides like a goon but the end saw marks are still there. I found the one on the right at the local antique store for 1 dollar. It was covered in oil but I was able to get it all out and it's perfectly usable now.

 

[SliceOfLife]

I've still never seen anything other than broken washita and worthless synths in antique shops and flea markets... In a decade of looking.

Oh and wildly overpriced ($50+) Arkansas penknife pieces. I actually bought a washita penknife piece for more than it was worth once because I was so happy to find a stone at least reasonable.

 

[Jayber Crow]

It's not like I find something every time I look, but Id say in the last 3 years I've found about half a dozen each of Belgian and Thuringian , and a couple of UK hones. I've not seen any vintage Arks except for a boxed Pike hard, pen knife size which I didn't buy, and now I wish I had.
Almost every household probably had a coti or thuri in it back in the day if there was a shaver there. One flea market I frequent has a vendor that specializes in knives, and I've bought several hones from him.
I actually haven't gone looking for hones for a while; I've got enough now to keep me busy for a while. I'm a user and a little bit of a hoarder, but I seem to use a Belgian hone more often than not. I need to branch out and try the Thuris an UK stones a little more.
Keep looking Ian, maybe you need to find a couple of different flea markets.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Yes. My job gets in the way of flea market treks, sadly. Hopefully I will be free to wander a bit more when I get too old to keep working the hours I do these days. Don't buy up all the good hones before then.

 

[timwcic]

Good trip to the flea market. My $1 dollar paperweight turned into a YG Thuri. I new it was something when I found it but did not understand why one surface was darker than the other side. Lapped the surface and one side and found the layering. Now I have to find a matching rub stone. First picts are found condition and the last a little water to bring out the life.
The weekend is here, more hunting.

 

[David]

Great find, Tim. I'm looking forward to seeing what you find this weekend. Good luck!

 

[mikael]

Good trip to the flea market. My $1 dollar paperweight turned into a YG Thuri. I new it was something when I found it but did not understand why one surface was darker than the other side. Lapped the surface and one side and found the layering. Now I have to find a matching rub stone. First picts are found condition and the last a little water to bring out the life.
The weekend is here, more hunting.

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Sweet stone.

 

[mikael]

I sold off my Thüris before Christmas last year. I didn't use them enough and a little extra cash is always welcome.

Recently Ive realised what a mistanke it was so Ive bought a couple more.

 

[David]

It's hard to say no to these two-toned thuris.

 

[eKretz]

Very nice. As regards the "gray" colored Thuris, as I recall, Peter said that those are most normally classified as "Light Green."

 

[Soapsniffer]

Here is my Celebrated. 5×1