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Just mailed it back to the owner a couple of hours ago. Thanks to all for the input. :tu

Great minds think alike. :) Had put this Genco Fluid Steel aside because it needed attention, so I did water only, more or less weight of the blade. Did some round trips and tested, then back to the...

Plenty of orange specks, and when dry silvery sparkly specks (less of them) but no banding is apparent to me ........... :thinking:

Took 20 minutes to lap. Had to get out the DMT XX 120 or I'd still be there. Did the 120, the DMT 325, and finally the Atoma 1200. Here are some pix, wet & dry ;

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Not a Dalmore for sure, and no banding, faint or otherwise on the side. I'll lap the top and see what a larger area will reveal. Thanks for all of the replies. :tu

Well it ain't a coticule, and it ain't a glued stone. I think 10pups may have hit the nail on the head ........ Carborundum ? It has a lot of orange bits in it that you can see when it is wet, and...

Thanks all, I'll get it on a plate tomorrow and take more pix in good light. Too dark out now.

A friend sent this to me for lapping and we hope to ID it. The hone belonged to his wife's grandfather, and he maintained his straight razor on it for years, until switching to DE. I cannot tell...