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Speaking of which, I just honed an Erik Anton Berg that wanted to skip no matter how little water was on there--I think it was the slurry (3 light rubs w/ the stone--almost nothing) that did it. ...

I think cracking has to do w/ drying out in the sun or letting water in the stone freeze, & soaking is supposed to lead to dissolving in the softer stones. The stones Max has soaked IIRC have been...