I bought what I thought was a Chinese 12k natural stone from Fendrihan and they told me it would be a random shape with the same 12k honing surface, but they sent me an 8x2 hone....so I feel that I lucked out pretty well on that.
My question is this: With my norton 4/8 I know I have to soak it thoroughly for the 4k side, but do I need to soak the 12k, too? I noticed that just from picking up the hone the oils from my skin were soaked quite rapidly, so I figured that just a splash of water wouldn't do too well. Should I submerse it for a good 10 minutes prior to polishing?
-Derek