I ordered a 10k stone a while back and it just came in today. It's a water stone and needs to be saturated but it's on a wooden base. I'd like to carefully remove it from the base, then take the router to the base and make a small recess for the hone to sit in as a holder. This way I can keep the stone in a pitcher of water between hones.

Any suggestions on how to remove it from the base in a way that won't mess up the base or hone?

It's an ice bear 10000 grit water stone (japanese water stone).

Thanks.

Glen F