Sharpening with Arkansas stone. Teach a newbie

[kylekatarn]

hi,
I' m a newbie from turkey/istanbul who is trying to learn sharpening. My grandfather was an expert and he tried to teach me sharpening when i was little but i didnt listen to him. And now i cant ask him because he passed away couple months ago at the age of 87. Im really sad not because of his passing, everyone has to die at somepoint its the way of this life, but because of not listening to him and learning from his experiences when i had the chance. So i want to learn sharpening to honour his memory.
Well i bought a ''super arkansas stone'' couple days ago. Researched on the internet a bit and learned arkansas stones are oil-stones. I tried using it with oil but the stone absorbs it too fast. The wet looking part on the brown side is the part i used oil on. stone absorbs all of the oil i poured in 10-15 seconds.
I would really appreciate if you can give me some advices. here are my questions,

Is it normal for this stone to absorb the oil so fast?
Should i clean the stone after each sharpening session? And if so How?
Which oil is the best for this job? (performance/price wise)
And please give advices about the sharpening part ( holding angle, which part of the stone i should use first, sharpening motion etc.)

I know i have a lot of questions but like i said i m just a newbie trying to learn. Please share your experience and knowledge with me. If you need any information on my side just ask and i will answer.

And i apologize for the grammer mistakes. English is not my native language.

Here are the photos of the stone

 

[Jason B.]

It might be a Arkansas stone on the white side but the brown side looks like a man made aluminum oxide stone. The white side looks to me like a ceramic stone, the left over swarf on the stone shows milling marks and loading similar to what you would find with a sintered ceramic. The bonding line makes me think it's low quality too.

Personally I would replace it with some waterstones of a know brand and start with something where there is no guess work.

As for the stone you have it's hard to give any good advice because the stone is a bit unknown of its grit or composition at this time.

 

[OldNavy]

Here's a link to several videos, Jon runs japanese Knife Imports, He sells Hi-End Kitchen Knives and is a professional sharpener who has studied in Japan.
I would second the recommendation to switch over to water stones, I have used Norton oilstones in the past , clean up is much easier with water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLEBF55079F53216AB&v=GB3jkRi1dKs