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Actually - it was easier to just say it was 'probably' an Escher.

Whatever... the point wasn't about having an Escher or a Thuringian. The direction was supposed to take the reader to the part...

In common use, or in common discussion, a conjecture is an inference, or a hypothesis; and the stone, the purchase, and it's heritage are neither - at least from my point of view. The Wiki definition...

You"re using the term conjecture incorrectly. There is no hypothesis or inference here.
This claim - that I believe to be true - is not conjecture, nor is it baseless.
Your opinion may differ, but...

Generally speaking, I try to ask a few questions before I toss words like conjecture and baseless around in the same sentence.
But - that's just me.

The 'probably' comment is based on my...

Absolutely, but it's really six of one, half dozen of the other. Talent comes via practice for most, if not all, of us I think.

It's my decided opinion that honing is 20% hone and 80% talent. Not that I'm some stellar honemeister - cause I'm not.
I can't say that a finer stone isn't capable of bringing up a finer stone...

Labels don't matter. You don't hone on the label.
What matters is the stone; and because they're naturals, they'll vary from one to another.
I've had a bunch of blue/blacks in those little wood...