ANCR Stone Help

[pocosso]

Guys, I recently bought a Yellow Green Escher, another one.
The guy sent me in the box another stone, it has a sticker branded ANCR. I never seen one before, he listed it as a Thuringian, not sure about, very hard, and after lapped it is giving very good edges.
Anyone ever seen it before? Any Help to find some info?

D.

 

[Legion]

It may be ANGR. They have popped up here before, but I don't know if they have ever had their pedigree fully established. I don't think they are Thuringian. I once found one for sale on a Czech website, though that does not mean they originated from there. My gut feeling is they are Russian for the East German market, or Vice Versa.

 

[Legion]

Actually... I think Thuringia was part of the GDR, so maybe they are from that area, mined during the cold war for export to other Eastern Block countries? That might explain how the example I found for sale ended up in what was Czechoslovakia.

But I am just speculating. Give it a lap so we can see the surface.

 

[Gamma]

Pretty sure it is ANCR, sort of a mis-spelled ANChoR.
There is an anchor in the background of the label.
I recall these being assumed to be Thuringians but I don't recall anything definite.
Maybe @hatzicho knows them.

 

[ROE]

It’s doesn’t look like a thuringian to me. If my memory is correct, Griffith sold an anchor hone some years back, a Cumberlandite stone quarried in Rhode Island.

 

[pocosso]

This was in Germany, it came with some Escher I bought. It is extremely hard, faced some challenges to lap it.
I have no idea on witch kind of stone it is, I tried and edges are good, actually very good.
D.

 

[pocosso]

Actually... I think Thuringia was part of the GDR, so maybe they are from that area, mined during the cold war for export to other Eastern Block countries? That might explain how the example I found for sale ended up in what was Czechoslovakia.

But I am just speculating. Give it a lap so we can see the surface.

I did it but I am in a trip and I do not have the chance to post some pictures.
I will as soon as home.

D

 

[cotedupy]

Mystery hones... Let's see what you have

I may have a heart attack if I ever found a 10x2 yg escher in person.... round here they'd have a 1000$ price tag on it if it ever happened... not even knowing what it was. Yeah I couldn't quite believe what popped out when I cleaned it up. It was caked in dirt, though thankfully not used...

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Anchor hone???

Anybody used an "Anchor" finisher from Griffith Shaving?

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ANGR hone identification

Hello everybody, I have just received a nos hone and I am asking your help in identifying it. The label writes ANGR on top of an anchor at sea. It is quite small, 13 cm / 3 cm, it is 2 cm thick. Could it possibly be a thuringian ? It would be my first. I will lap it this week, not the label...

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