As a former Meat Cutter, I'm very familiar with sharpening knives, however I have and still do use the Norton Tri-Stone in an oil bath for my knives (You can take anyone of them and 'Shave' the hair off your arm).

Knives and Razors are as different as Black and White! Oil and Water!!

My experiment was just that! AN EXPERIMENT!! Please don't read too much into it!