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Liquid Glycerin also works and is a wash off lubricant. I have some at my sink for adding to cheaper soaps and so it is there for honing should I wish.

Any lubricant/ method of breaking surface...

A blade sticking to the hone may often be an indication that the hone has given all it can. That means that the bevel and spine are as flat as they can get on that hone and surface tension has taken...