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I trued up my new stone for the first time and had some issues. When I got to the inside of the stone, parts of it flaked off leaving a rough edge not a sharp edge. I have not had an issue with my other stone or the starting outside edge. I used the fine stone grader and a Nagura Stone to smooth the surface. The stone put a nice polish on the edge of the knives I sharpened.
Is this flaking/crumbling of the edge normal?

I got my HTK from the April "USA only" promotion on Sunday May 12th. It might have arrived Friday or Saturday. I have been in and out of town a lot lately. I'm trying to get work wrapped up for a fishing trip this Friday, so I won't get much of a chance to play with the new jigs.
I have read almost every post on this forum and the yahoo group. I didn't understand how beginners could have so many problems. I have read the manuals and watched the DVD and the internet movies. So I thought I would be an expert right off the bat. Wrong. I hand sharpened my Wenger Swiss Army Golf Pro, my everyday pocket knife. Nice and sharp, but a couple of variations in the bevel. So Sunday night when I should have gone to bed, I threw it in the newly arrived, small knife jig to touch it up. I had checked the stone and the support bar earlier. It seemed square and true right out of the box, so I didn't do anything to the stone. I used the marker method to set it to the existing bevel. First pass raised a nice burr, took out all of the ink and corrected my hand imperfections. Now the other side, same thing, it was looking good. Could have stopped right there or graded the stone fine, but noooo. I had to try to even the bevels perfect. I made another pass on the wrong side first, dang, now it's really uneven. Can you see where this is going? Now I see that it needs a little more near the bolster (all of this on a little red Swiss Army). I made a couple more passes. Then I noticed that the tip looked different. My head sank; half of the blade was gone. My large full blade is now a thin pen knife blade. Rats.
I did better on a one half inch chisel in the Short Tool Jig, but the angle came out about 22 ½ degrees instead of 25 degrees. The back is flat and shiny and the bevel is square and sharp.
Oh well, when I get back next week, I will reread all of the instructions, start off with a fine graded stone and practice with some old two dollar Ecko knives. I have a 1 ½ inch chisel that just fits in the Square Edge Jig. I am going to be very careful to try and keep it at 25 degrees. My good knives will wait.
I am also going to shop on the internet for a new pocket knife. That will be fun. I'll probably have to buy 2 or 3.