Sharpening Stone Mystery

[BRSims]

Hi all~~
I received the Meiniger Sharpening Stone photo'd from a friend. Looks to be a type of Belgian natural stone.

Perhaps the second small stone is used to create a clurry?

Can anyone solve this mystery, and offer words of advice about its use with a straight razor honing?

Thanks!

~~Billy Ray

 

[paco664]

how about a photo of it wet ... and a photo of it with slurry...

please

 

[BRSims]

Here ya go:

 

[BakerAndBadger]

Doesn't look very belgian to me. Oh and how do you get it to stick to the ceiling like that?

 

[BakerAndBadger]

Ok, seriously though I'm gonna guess its a thuri..... Now to be proven wrong!!!!

 

[gumbo]

Thuri is my guess too. And a very nice one at that.
Your friend gave you (or sold you?) an extremely nice finishing stone. There's a ton on how to use these throughout the forum, but in a nutshell they are used to finish already shave-ready blades to make them oh-so-nice to shave with. You'll get different recs from different people about exactly how to use them. Some say no slurry, some say slurry dilution, some say no more than 20 strokes on water, etc.

Excellent find, my man.

 

[Wid]

Just by the pic I would guess it a thuri too. How fine does it feel?

 

[Mike H]

The box says "Real Meininger Whet Stone"

Meiningen is a county seat and a medium-sized town in Thuringia, with a population of about 70,000 inhabitants.

So, I would also say Thuri also.

 

[BRSims]

Very, very fine.

 

[BRSims]

Thanks to all for quick and informative replies.

I don't know what the deal is with the photo. It looks right side up in my browser.

Hope I don't come out upside down in the mirror shaving!

 

[BRSims]

My translation of the text on the box says: " These preferred stones are world renowned because of their fine Belgium natural material..."

 

[BakerAndBadger]

Can you post a close up of the box?

 

[raccoonandbrush]

Looks like a Thuringian to me as well.

 

[paco664]

its a cheap chinese knock off of a thuri...... probably radioactive...


send it to me for safe disposal.....

 

[robellison01]

Definitely radioactive, lucky for you I am a specialist.

Seriously though, are you going to use it or sell it?

 

[BRSims]

Here's my Google translation effort:
Real Meininger WhetstonesThese exquisite pieces are world-renowned for their purity and are always preferred the so-called Belgian and artificial stones by the razor give a smooth Polirschneide, which is much finer and duration lefter such as when pulling on other stones

So what is a thuri? Remember, I'm a newbie.

It's a gift from a watchmaker friend and I hope to use it if you guys don't think I'll be nuked by it.

 

[Filarmonicafreak]

Hi you got an thuringian

The Box means, that this hone is finer and Better than the hones from belgium

And Meiningen is a small village 50km away from my home, and 30km away from Sonneberg so that can only be a Thüringian water Stone and the Color the nice light Green Looks like my Escher yellow Green

Have Fun with this hone

 

[robellison01]

I don't sprechen ze Deutsch, but that doesn't look like any Belgian hone I have seen.

But I want it.

 

[BakerAndBadger]

+1 for what filarmonicafreak said - they were "dissing" coticules........ I have one thing to say - who is still mining, the Thuringians or the Belgians??? ;D

 

[Filarmonicafreak]

i have vorgotten something, that stone is as rar, that the museum in Sonneberg doesnt have such an stone in thair stock (there is slate Museum with much nice sharpening stones) but i have never seen this before, ist super rar.

take kare of it and injoythe nice edges from this stone.

a little tip, try the finish with this hone with a verry light slurly not only with water thats the way i am getting the best results from the thuringians

@BakerAndBadger, wich of the stones are better for razors Thuringians or Belgians? who builds the better cars? and Machins? i think all of you have our products in thair homes ;-) so keep smiling