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Well the reason I said that it was off the 180 grit is that that was sand paper while the others were wet and dry. The sand paper was white so I guess that it most likely lightened the slurry...

Well that is true and my hands on knowledge is nil but the reason I presumed against it is that all I've read is about the the really good tams is that they are grey on white and pretty light which...

Thanks that's great.

I bought it stated as a charnley and when I asked why they thought it was one the comment implied to me that it been owned for a while and this was a genuinely held belief,...

Well I guess that it doesn't really matter what it is, I think I shall call it my olive hone.

What does matter is that it gives an awesome edge. Today I took a no name German which I bought on the...

well this is it lapped and pictured wet in natural light. The slurry was a milky greeny grey colour.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2a01gxs.jpg

OK what am I looking for?

I have given it a quick go over on 1200 grit wet & dry, I'm at work and that's what is to hand, and there is no real change. It may be that the black flecks are oil that...

Well here are some new pics having just received it, not yet lapped by me. The redish scratch appears to be a kind of vein in the stone and can not be felt. The seller said that the stone had...

Will do, I'm expecting it to arrive on Saturday at the earliest. Just wanting to do some pre-investigation pending delivery.

Last night won a stone described as a Charnley on Ebay UK, I'm sceptical but whacked in a low snipe and got it for £5.50. If it turns out to be one then its a result if not I will use for knives and...