Search:

The figuring is most definitely in the stone, you can just about make it out running through the side in the pic. It's very pretty :)

As for hardness, it's the hardest stone I have had to lap. Far...

I am. :)

It's a shame my girlfriend's Scottish family don't get along too well, or I might have some luck getting one for a sensible price!

This one is as hard as all hell. It ate many sheets of 240 grit w&d paper to get it lapped enough (there's still a small unlapped area on on corner, won't do any harm there though) and ate 400 grit...

I thought so! :) helps to make up for paying £24 +p&p for a grubby DT:
Natural Slate Razor Hone. on eBay (end time 04-Oct-09 18:34:21 BST)



True, I wouldn't have used "this slate hone does...

Here's the link to the original auction: Old Razor Hone.Natural Stone possibly Slate. on eBay (end time 20-Sep-09 18:36:24 BST)

Although it says the stone slurries up, the seller seems to say that...

I recently won this stone on the bay. It looked like this:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1704/byqofgbgkkgrhgohdwejlll.jpg

After I cleaned it and lapped the surface it looks like this:
...