Originally Posted by
Joel Gelman
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Interesting. Once upon a time, I was under the impression that waterstones are to be stored wet in a container with water. That is how I stored stones, and it was not conducive to use. When I see pictures of sharpening stations, it seems like what I generally see is the waterstones set out and ready to go at all times vs stored in some wood box with partitions.
Various stones have different requirements. Some should be soaked for a few minutes before use. Some can be stored underwater to be ready at all times. Some are "splash & go," others have a binder that will crumble if left in the water too long.
For me, keeping them constantly soaking on top of the area where they will be used is very conducive to their use. Just pull them out and line them up. Though mostly now days my oil stones in a different area are used more often.
jtk
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