I have been watching some YouTube videos on sharpening and the types and use of various types of stones. And it brought a question that has been sitting in the back of my mind to the fore.
The videos and other sources talk about using wet stones and about using oil stones. But most places that list sharpening stones for sale simply describe what the stones are made of and what grit they are and perhaps other attributes. But they do not seem to distinguish between water and oil stones.
So I have to ask, just what makes one stone an oil stone and another a wet (water) stone? Are they the same stones with just different liquids being applied by the user? Or what?
The videos and other sources talk about using wet stones and about using oil stones. But most places that list sharpening stones for sale simply describe what the stones are made of and what grit they are and perhaps other attributes. But they do not seem to distinguish between water and oil stones.
So I have to ask, just what makes one stone an oil stone and another a wet (water) stone? Are they the same stones with just different liquids being applied by the user? Or what?
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