Quote Originally Posted by bill3152 View Post
A drop of water imo is way too little to create a slurry. I always spritz my stone, raise some slurry and add a little more. Too little water imo will result in a too dense slurry that will wreak havoc on the edge. The slurry gets broken down by the edge banging into it as well as the bevel and spine. Dry slurry has never worked for me. Adding one drop at a time makes sense to me though as you are thinning the slurry at that point.
I find that the thicker slurry kind of finds its way under the blade during the strokes, where as the thinner slurries seem to always stay in front of the edge making them easier to push around.