I did also state that my best finisher was a cheap standard bout from a third party, this stone has red, green, grey and some small black lines. Definitely not defective. The one Maurice chose for me is a great all rounder which doesn't finish quite as well. He's definitely a gent who does his best for customers, I'm sure if I'd asked for a finisher he'd have chosen a different stone. My curiosity was more about when you select for razors on his site, standard bouts aren't in the selection, which lead to my question of whether the criteria for select bouts also includes a more uniform shape?