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Escher/Thuringian love. show of your rocks
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timwcic
"Look what I found"
This was a exciting wild find today. The castle has came out to visit. A Hohenzollern Abziehstein with and a fairly good label. I nice 5 inch stone with rub stone. I will give this Thuringian a good home
Nice score, Tim. I had one of those
3-4 years ago and really liked it. You are the king of the wild finds.
3-4 years ago and really liked it. You are the king of the wild finds.
More like the GOD of wild finds! I bow down.
timwcic
"Look what I found"
Thank you gentlemen, but I fell like the Jester of the dirt mall. I come home with a empty purse and dirty hands
Speaking of that I believe I’ve seen these listed a couple times. They looked like essentially new stones with new, bright and un-tattered labels. The wording was slightly diffrent as well.
My suspicion is that the stones are genuine vintage Thuris but with photocopied labels. The labels are as you describe, very bright.
What makes you guys think they're repros? I have one stone that has an excellent label but it looks pretty well aged and yellowish. Pretty sure that one is legit only because I bought it from a guy who sold it for peanuts.
These labels were mostly white. I have seen 2 listings maybe 4-6 months ago. To me the labels just looked too new and pristine. They also had no box. How does a label stay that nice for presumably decades with no box protecting it? Also, the red boarders were slightly different as was the wording in the instructions.
Like Dcaddo said, it could very well be a perfectly fine thuri. Someone just wanted to up its value.
Like Dcaddo said, it could very well be a perfectly fine thuri. Someone just wanted to up its value.
That makes some sense. The stone I've got was in a fitted box as well, but the label still yellowed. I guess there would have to be at least some stones with very white labels in order to photocopy one though.
My first and only. 5 x 1. I needed to start with a branded version.
Looking for some advice here. Thuri Lapping Advice Please
Looking for some advice here. Thuri Lapping Advice Please
Wowza!
This was a real headache. Bought this escher in a lot with some other stones inclusing a barber hone. Anyway, open the box and under the stone is a remnant of the label on the corner. Kind of whacked they labelled a stone so rough on the bottom but I have seen a couple that way. Anyway, there was an old cloth under the hone and lifting that, there was the label... With the label from the inside of a barber hone literally affixed right over the front of the escher label. I must have sat there for 90 minutes with a dead se gem blade skimming that bhone label off as powder till I hit escher graphics. I can't believe it came out as well as it did..
timwcic
"Look what I found"
Latest addition to my Thuri family. An S.R. Droescher "Barber Gem" sized hone. A Blue Green colored stone with matching rubber.
I landed the unicorn. I’ve alwsys heard how good these are so I’m excited to test it out. It’s so soft it stuck to my DiaFlat. First two pics are as received and last pic is lapped and ready for some steel.
That's a pretty one too David. Nice catch. Always wanted one of those too never lucky enough yet. Let us know what you think.
I’ve heard that they’re on par with a Barbers Delight. I love my BD so it’s probably an excellent hone.
