Saturate them with some water with a little dish soap in it for sharpening.
When done with a knife, use the soapy water and an old toothbrush to float the crud out of the stone.
Stones can be reflattened with a sheet of course sand paper and a flat surface.
I usually finish off with a leather strop laced with semi chrome. You can lace the strop with the crud
you clean off of the finest stone you use.
jmho
Tim
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
Albert Einstein
At Khe Sanh a sign read "For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never knew".
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