The black stone wash is much much darker than the images led me to believe. It is straight up gloss black, not a charcoal grey. I still really like the knife overall and I am not disappointed with the purchase because of that. I am assuming with wear/time it will fade a bit closer to that one in the images.
The build quality seems solid and the steel feels great, but I have only had it for a day so far. I will update this review if anything serious happens to it.