Well I pretty much confused myself too I guess...

I'm still not sure what went wrong in the first place.. maybe its because I worked up a slurry on the BBW with a DMT that was not broken in yet.. or just bad technique on the hone itself.. maybe some pitting around the edge..and then some other newbe mistakes...

I asked Rob from Ardennes Coticules to take a look at the pictures and he thought it was slate.. but when I explained that the color of the stone was dark purple he was pretty sure that it actualy is BBW because slate is realy black..and not dark purple.. he sugested to give it a try on a kitchen knife... I will do that but I'm pretty conviced it will be BBW.. The downside is that I didnt listen and ordered a BBW anyway...
Now I only need to learn how to hone.... I'm not sure I got all the tests right. especially the TPT and the popping of hairs gives me some trouble...I did find that the loupe works great.. you can realy see what your doing..

And I'm having fun...I realy like honing...

Maarten