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No, the King 1k is an old school clay-based waterstone. No problem soaking, in fact, lots of guys leave them permanently submerged as they tend to drink water.

Thinking very strongly about picking one up when I have more cash... It's pretty much 1st on my list of future bevel setters. I get in a lot of pretty beat up razors from local barbershops (some...

A possible update...

I actually took my defective King 1k back to Woodcraft ( as under the scope, razors sharpened on it were actually microchipping pretty badly(!)) & was able to exchange it...

I tried flipping the stone over & lapping the other side. That side is better but still not as fine as the stone used to be. I'm going to keep lapping both sides & see what happens (on those rare...

I'm actually having a similar issue right now. Not noticing any chunks as I always lap w/ a dimond plate, but am noticing a much grittier feel than normal. THe stone has always been very well...