Escher/Thuringian love. show of your rocks
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I had an srd coti years ago I sold.
Nice score Ian. That’s a beauty.
NOS Blue green 6x2.
That's kinda what I said to myself I'd do when I got my 10x2" two-tone, but I said that when I got my first Fully labeled 10x2" and my first 10x2" YG, and My first 10x2" LG, And my first 10x2", and my first barbers delight, and my first 7" two tone, and my first labeled escher, and my first fuchs hone.
At this point, I think maybe that 14"+ Arm-sized slab that got posted a decade ago may satisfy me.
Alex, Nice stone, are the chamfers original or did you need to take some chipping off the edges?
Gold medal. Very nice, you don’t see those often. Is it two-toned or solid?
Yeah, I sometimes wonder if they were a bit more common than they seem but the stamps are so unlikely to survive.
All original. Have not touched it, chamfered it.
Solid color. Has the blue green label on the side. Unfortunately the original rubbing stone is missing.
Solid color. Has the blue green label on the side. Unfortunately the original rubbing stone is missing.
At first glance I tonight it was a JGES and wondered why you were showing it off.
I wonder why the Droescher's weren't in yellow-green?
And mostly just dark colors...?
Later era after they had mostly ran out of green material is my guess. @hatzicho would likely know.
I actually have found a YG Droescher.
Really rare droescher, interesting, but my what color?
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Hard to tell Escher colors unless they're obvious without natural light. I'd lean to Blue-green from those pics, but could be a light green, yellow green or even a very light dark blue. Take some wet and dry pics next chance you get in daylight.
Slurry stone looks dark blue/blue green two-tone in these pics.
Slurry stone looks dark blue/blue green two-tone in these pics.
Yeah my money would be on blue green. Interesting that yours also has a mismatched slurry stone. I have seen SRD doing that, I don't recall seeing any Eschers with mismatched stone.
What's your experience with that Slice?
What's your experience with that Slice?
I've only owned one or two SRD boxes since I prefer long skinny over short fat stones for using; they never made a big part of my collection. I've seen a number of mismatched slurry stones online but always suspected it possible one or both were unoriginal to the set/box. I have gotten ambicuts with mismatched slurry stones that I'm confident were original, so I can't say definitively one way or the other.
Eschers I've had and seen the 10+5" sets with mismatched stones, but I suspect most of those were built aftermarket (buy a 10" and buy a 5" and build that hospital set that cost a premium)... so not Escher's doing.
Of my Eschers that came with slurry stones (basically Barbers Delights and Barbers Choices), I think the slurry always matched when it wasn't missing.
I may have forgotten, but I don't think I've ever owned one of the longer 7-10" stones with slurry in box that you see on occasion... but the pictures I've seen those slurries always matched too.
Eschers I've had and seen the 10+5" sets with mismatched stones, but I suspect most of those were built aftermarket (buy a 10" and buy a 5" and build that hospital set that cost a premium)... so not Escher's doing.
Of my Eschers that came with slurry stones (basically Barbers Delights and Barbers Choices), I think the slurry always matched when it wasn't missing.
I may have forgotten, but I don't think I've ever owned one of the longer 7-10" stones with slurry in box that you see on occasion... but the pictures I've seen those slurries always matched too.
The boxed Droescher I had was matched color wise, but not from the same stone. The main stone was a beautiful layered stone and the slurry stone did not show those sideways layers. My guess is they used more of the scrap stone to make slurry stones and if they could get a good match color wise that is what they did. Most of the mismatched I would think happened after original sale, but there maybe a few that just got what was left.
