Hey guys,

In other sharpening that I do, I ultimately end up going from scratches that are perpendicular to the spine for shaping and establishing the edge angles, to scratches that are parallel to the spine (or close to it) for an even width along the edge (I guess this could be considered something similar to the sweeping X).

I've been thinking about the scratch marks on the blade of a SR when sharpening and was wondering if there are any differences to the direction of the scratches and the resulting shave?

For example, if I honed a blade in a striaght pattern on the stone, the scratches would be perpendicular to the spine, but if I did an X or rolling X, the scratches would be askewed to a certain extent, depending on the angle of the blade on the stone.

This also carries over into stropping methods....

Has anyone tried comparing this before? or even cared

Thanks!