tat2Ralfy
Well-Known Member
Gary and I have both been trying out Vintage Thuringian and Escher Stones as finishers, now I am talking about those old highly rated and very costly Germanic stones, not the modern day Thuringians. and as we know Escher was just a brand name for Thuringian stones, so for the sake of clarity I shall refer to them as simply Thuringian from now on, indeed I have compared both brands side by side and I could not tell them apart.
We came to the conclusion that so far we could not tell the difference between a well honed Coticule edge, and the edge left by finishing on the Thuringians. and I mean we could tell any difference, same smoothness, same sharpness, same feel to our skin after shaving the lot.
I am not at all interested in discussing the hype, prices, or differences in attitudes concerning these types of stones, please dont clutter this thread with any of that nonsense.
I would like to hear from other users of Thuringian and Coticule stones as finishers, and see if your results are the same as ours? also I am interested in the techniques others use to get the best finish out of these old German stones.
I always finish on water, I tried slurry and light slurry on Thuringians and the result was not as good as I like, I also tried coming off Norton 8K and C12K before finishing, and again found the edges were ok, but not amazing, the best results I have had is coming off a Coticule, I dilute slurry through to water on the Coticule, and then switch to the Thuringian to finish, 30 or 60 regular X strokes on water, refreshing the water as I go, and I have got some great HHT results, and some very nice shaves.
So has anyone else had any experience with these stones, and how did they work for you?
Regards
Ralfson (Dr)
We came to the conclusion that so far we could not tell the difference between a well honed Coticule edge, and the edge left by finishing on the Thuringians. and I mean we could tell any difference, same smoothness, same sharpness, same feel to our skin after shaving the lot.
I am not at all interested in discussing the hype, prices, or differences in attitudes concerning these types of stones, please dont clutter this thread with any of that nonsense.
I would like to hear from other users of Thuringian and Coticule stones as finishers, and see if your results are the same as ours? also I am interested in the techniques others use to get the best finish out of these old German stones.
I always finish on water, I tried slurry and light slurry on Thuringians and the result was not as good as I like, I also tried coming off Norton 8K and C12K before finishing, and again found the edges were ok, but not amazing, the best results I have had is coming off a Coticule, I dilute slurry through to water on the Coticule, and then switch to the Thuringian to finish, 30 or 60 regular X strokes on water, refreshing the water as I go, and I have got some great HHT results, and some very nice shaves.
So has anyone else had any experience with these stones, and how did they work for you?
Regards
Ralfson (Dr)