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   HowardAcheson | Nov 22, 2009 07:44pm | #1

   If the instructions suggest it I would think it is OK. I've stored my Japanese stones in water for over 10 years now.

   Howie.........
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   roc | Nov 22, 2009 08:12pm | #2

   Oh Snap,

   as the young kids say. You pushed my button. See pic. I am all about the Norton stones and store the 700 and 4000 in water all year. There is a king ( brown color ) 1000 in water all year as well. Absolutely no problem. No softening that I detect. No crumbling or any other problem.

   I use Tupperware with lids and burp a bit of vacuum as per normal tup use. The water never gets slimy even after a couple of months. With no lid they got slimy in a couple of weeks.

   I do not rinse the stones in the storage water I rinse them under the kitchen faucet with cold water ( never use hot or warm on the stones )

   The 8000 does not benefit from being immersed so it just gets run under the faucet to wet and then rinsed and put in a tub on edge with other sharpening tools and a breathable cover. I also use a Shapton ( green ) 2000. If I did it all over again I would get all Shapton but that is another post. The Nortons are perfectly fine just that the Shaptons are even better and do not require soaking.

   >Softer than normal<

   you can't get softer than the Norton 250 what ever. It is a soft piece of poo even without soaking. A truly useless stone. Unless they improved it.

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   
   

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   Edited 11/22/2009 1:04 pm by roc

   
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   roc | Nov 22, 2009 08:17pm | #3

   One thing that is a good tip is to flatten the stones and then using the stone flattening stone put a slight bevel all around every edge of the stone just so there is not a sharp corner any where. This prevents the edge of the stone chipping like an arrow head from temperature fluctuations like if you forget and rinse the stone under warm water.

   I have actually experienced the edge chipping and the bevel prevents it.

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

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   roc | Nov 22, 2009 08:54pm | #4

   Yah know . . . ( and I say this in solum confidentiality ) the true sharpening connoisseur has his ( or her ) water collected and shipped in from the sacred spring at Kiyomizudera, Kyoto Japan.

   Anyone else is just fooling around and not a follower of the TRUE sharpening WAY.

   : )

   The second pic is me there on vacation. I like to blend in.

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   
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   joinerswork | Nov 22, 2009 10:37pm | #5

   "The second pic is me there on vacation. I like to blend in."

   Huh.  Now we know why they call you "roc".

   Ray