I know that this was stupid, but hindsight is 20/20.
I was honing the other day when I got a call that sent me out of the house in a rush. I usually leave my hones out for a day or two after honing to reduce the moisture content a little before I pack them in my briefcase (yes they are literally locked away), this day I chose to put them away, I have no idea why. With a busy couple of days and a busy weekend I couldn't hone again until Sunday. I pulled out my japanese, my german, green shrimp and finally the SS. That's when I noticed damp boxes, my heart quickly sank. When I opened them I had mold on my 8k and 12k. I tried just lapping through them to no end. My shoulders were already sore from lapping my new super hard Oozuku so I had the wife scrub them with bleach water to kill the mold and I went ahead and lapped them again. I ran a cheap razor across them and could definitely feel the mold. It felt rougher than the rest of the hone and I was sure it hurt my edge. What was amazing is that the edge was perfect after a complete honing. No signs of edge damage and this razor shaved smooth as any other.
Should I worry about the fact that I can still feel the mold?
Is the Naniwa SS porous enough to allow deep mold growth?
And does anyone else want to slap me for doing something so stupid?
On the plus side after my arms fell off I got to learn what you japanese stone guys call a hard polisher, holy cow.