I picked up two older Norton combo grit oilstones today. They are crystolon and novoculite 100/280 grit. The newer stone is unused and the older one has some light use and is lapped on the coarse side.

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Ive never used an oilstone and Im wondering if there would be any point to soaking the oil out of these and using them as water stones. I was looking for information on how to clean them and saw a few methods for removing the oil. According to the information ive found, these come 'oil-filled' from the factory.

Please note i don't plan on using these for razors. I have a few axes id like to use these on instead of my DMT diamond plates. If i should use them as oilstones im ok with that. Oil is cheap and ill only be using them a few times a year. Let me know sirs.