Hello everybody, I have just received a nos hone and I am asking your help in identifying it. The label writes ANCR on top of an anchor at sea. It is quite small, 13 cm / 3 cm, it is 2 cm thick. Could it possibly be a thuringian ? It would be my first. I will lap it this week, not the label side, I will try to preserve it maybe with some lacquer.
Unknown exactly where it originated from. Back in the day, they rebranded a lot of things. It could have come from that area. It does look like a type of slate. I have a couple of Thuringians, and they are fast cutters. I have some Welsh Slate Stones, and they are slow cutters. If yours is a fast cutter, you might have your answer. Me, I wouldn't be too concerned about a name, just how well it works. @Billyfergie knows a lot about Eschers Thuringians.
Thuringian stones usually are double sided, with a yellow side and a green/black side. It could be an Escher. It definitely looks to be a natural slate stone.
Hmmm, I haven't seen the two sided Thuringians. What you described sounds like the Belgian Coticules to me.