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I generally soak mine for only about 5 minutes while I get things set up for honing for the evening. I then just spritz it with water as needed while doing my bevel setting. Seems to work just fine...

I just got a 1K and usually soak it for 10 minutes before I get too anxious to start honing. I just spray it down with water as I'm using it after that and it seems to work fine.

I will say that I...