Thread: chipping on the hone

Just wanted to add that I got my first Wapienica (also from Wojtec) shave ready with that exact hone....question, are you using wet or dry, and with or without lather? I also found the stone works better if you have something to rub up a slurry with (I used 2 of those hones and some water). Slurry, then water, then lather, then strop....it worked for me anyway. Dry I think it's a bit less forgiving to the metal.
John P.

I also have what I think is a 220/1k knife stone that I used to flatten and take the corners off the 4k (just now) I have been using the 4k with water but removed all the slurry after flattening as I am afraid that some of the 1k grit would interfere. so up to now I had flattened it, cleaned it and honed with just water. I have noticed that every now and then hear/feel a pop? like the blade is catching something but I cannot feel anything rough with my finger tips.

The edge is more sensitive than your finger-tips so there must be SOME trapped grit. Try scrubbing it with a scrubbing pad and some powder detergent.