BlacknTan
Well-Known Member
I recently got this stone. It was identified other places on-line as a Vintage thuringian. I'd like to give the knowledgable folks here a crack at identification.
Some friends have already identified it as a thuringian.
The stone came quite dirty and crusted on the sides with years of accumulated filth. I cleaned it up, and lapped both sides with a DMT 325. It lapped similarly to a coticule.. relatively soft and gave up slurry easily.
The dimensions of the stone are 6.75 x 1.4 x .5 in inches, 171 x 35 x 11 in mm.
The color is slate blue dry, and when wet, obviously darkens and shows a bit of muddy coloration. The slurry released during lapping also shows a muddy gray. There also appears to be striations that are slightly darker gray. The photos show it fairly well.
Honing on the stone is like silk. Very smooth with no sensation of grittiness, and no sound of abrasion. Strokes on plain water are extremely smooth. 4 sets of 30 X strokes on plain water show very little steel on tissue paper to wipe the blade.
The edges produced by finishing only on clear water are simply amazing. I've done three razors now with it, and today's Corneta could be called overly sharp for my skin, although I could have done two passes, called it a day and everything would have been fine.
The stone produces a sharp edge so finely and easily that it almost seems like cheating.
Any and all comments welcome!
Some friends have already identified it as a thuringian.
The stone came quite dirty and crusted on the sides with years of accumulated filth. I cleaned it up, and lapped both sides with a DMT 325. It lapped similarly to a coticule.. relatively soft and gave up slurry easily.
The dimensions of the stone are 6.75 x 1.4 x .5 in inches, 171 x 35 x 11 in mm.
The color is slate blue dry, and when wet, obviously darkens and shows a bit of muddy coloration. The slurry released during lapping also shows a muddy gray. There also appears to be striations that are slightly darker gray. The photos show it fairly well.
Honing on the stone is like silk. Very smooth with no sensation of grittiness, and no sound of abrasion. Strokes on plain water are extremely smooth. 4 sets of 30 X strokes on plain water show very little steel on tissue paper to wipe the blade.
The edges produced by finishing only on clear water are simply amazing. I've done three razors now with it, and today's Corneta could be called overly sharp for my skin, although I could have done two passes, called it a day and everything would have been fine.
The stone produces a sharp edge so finely and easily that it almost seems like cheating.
Any and all comments welcome!