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Antique show score and mystery hone

wdwrx

wdwrx

Scored at the local antique show!:thumbup:
A couple of Boker King Cutters in really nice shape, a Valet auto strop razor sans accessories (just because it has such a "mad scientist" kinda look) a "Never Dull" double sided barber's hone, and a mystery stone, I think is a vintage Thuringian (any ID help would be appreciated. Under the scope, it's scratch pattern/size puts it firmly between my Jsyn 8K and Nani12K, slury comes up a faintly green tinged milky grey, it has a very light green color cast, and feels velvety slick to the touch)
 
W_B_K

W_B_K

Nice score! I'd like to get a covered tang Boker myself. Sorry, can't help with info on the stone!
 
wdwrx

wdwrx

I was pretty impressed with my haul too! I was there waiting for the doors to open and zipped through in a mad rush... good thing too, I think I found the only 2 nice straights there.
The old Valet AutoStrop has me kind intrigued; I'm going to try to hone that old blade up and give her a whirl.
 
LessLemming

LessLemming

The stone looks a bit like a green Coticule.
I´m not sure...

Who´s the slurry cutting? Does it turn dark quick,
leave a very matte finish and rather coarse (around 4-5k) edge?

I recommend you to ask bart, over at coticule.be he´s a coticule spe......t (what I can´t spell c-i-a-l-i-s in speci-alist ???? )
 
wdwrx

wdwrx

Thanks LessL,
I did post over at Coticule.be as you suggested, and Bart kindly linked me to a green coticule vid; not the same stones.

I've pretty much convinced myself it's a Thuringian, because it looks very similar in color to the new Thuringian I got from SliceOfLife, and feels very similar also, though it is a bit darker. I've seen a couple of other threads that seem to point to it being Thuringian as well, though I've still got a bit of digging around to do. IIRC correctly, what I've seen of Eschers seem to be quit a bit darker than my mystery stone, so I think that's easily ruled out. I might track Sham down and pick his brain.

I've been playing around with it this afternoon with those Bokers, and I'm quite impressed with it. It seems to cut really, really fast with a slurry and still leaves a fine enough scratch pattern when used with straight water that it is easy to polish out on the 12k. It seems to be a great time saver. I'm liking this new hone!:thumbup1:
 
SliceOfLife

SliceOfLife

Hmm could be a thuringian, but to be honest, that clip in the corner (the rough stone in the third pic of the first post) looks similar to several Jnat's I've seen.

I'd say Escher is unlikely due to the dimensions. I've never seen a 6x2x1" escher. Though they may exist.

Whatever it is, looks like a very nice hone.
 
wdwrx

wdwrx

Hi Ian,
Boy it sure does resemble that MST thuringian I got from you. I've been playing with both at the same time, on a temper wrecked blade, and even the feel is the same.

That clipped, discolored area is actually an inclusion of some kind. At first I thought it was just grime. I chose not to lap the chips and marks completely away, because it's so old, I figured it should look it.

I've been playing around with it all afternoon, and I think it could function as a replacement for 4-6-8K stones in my progression. I've been able to get those Bokers as sharp as anything I've done yet...

Not bad for 8 bucks!
 
SliceOfLife

SliceOfLife

Sounds great. Lucky dog. My best deal on a Thuringian was a $15 BIN on eBay from someone who had misidentified it as a Jnat (had a clipped corner like yours, in common escher size 7x1.5x0.75") he was selling it cheap because he assumed the clipped corner identified it as a "second". So far it's only one of the two "wins" I've had hone gambling. I'm two for about fifteen. I got that one and a $70 Dark Escher. Also gotten four or five oily carbo's and emerys, a bunch of washita's and a few Arkansas.

I've not found anything but Washita's in the thrift and antique stores locally.
 
Luc

Luc

"To Wiki or Not To Wiki, That's The Question".
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Just got a Neverdull hone also. The box says the dark side sharpen quickly and the light side is for finish.
 
wdwrx

wdwrx

Thanks Luc, glad you said something... I just assumed the "front" would be the finer. I probably never would have even tried the back if you hadn't warned me.

I'm going to go mark that hone right now before I forget!
 
wdwrx

wdwrx

clonesharky said:
have you tried to use it yet ? phil
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The AutoStrop? Ya, it's a pretty cool little tool. I used it for touch ups after a two pass shave last night. I've always felt that resorting to a DE was a bit of a cop-out, but using that little thing, with it's new strop and freshly honed blade didn't feel that way. It was wickedly sharp, and mowed right through the last bit of stubble. Made the entire shave extra nice because I didn't scrape my chin raw like I normally do trying to get at those last whiskers.
I could see that thing doing quite a nice job on my whole face, and for sure it's got a permanent place in my rotation.
 
Luc

Luc

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wdwrx said:
That's funny, I bought those last two razors from Honed from that same post:thumbup1: small world! I didn't even notice the hone though....
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's quite hilarious indeed!
 
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