I use water on my Arks also although I do also use Smith's honing solution which is water based and will dilute with water. It is not to be confused with
IIRC, honing with the edge leading may create a burr on the edge and some stokes with the blade edge trailing will remove the burr. Asymmetrically ground
If there is a double/micro bevel anywhere I would get rid of it, particularly if it is small as you describe. You probably have already removed most of
