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Actually I think it's impossible to tell from the picture. I know you're looking at the line along the edge that may be an indication of a rather wide bevel, but along the spine the lines are very...

as long as the person can hone it well and verify that it shaves well after that, why not.

hard to see the stamp, but it doesn't look like w&b to me, although to me that doesn't matter at all...