There are many Honemeisters who use this method. Murray Carter, Howard from the Perfect Edge and Mastro Livi to name a few. I have emailed Howard and read Mastro Livi's technique and the key is very light pressure. Murray Carter and Mastro Livi use very few laps. It's the technique they use that gives them amazing results. I found it works very
well on lower grits but still like the blade forward on my 12k and 20k stones. I have 2 Mastro Livi razors and am amazed how he gets the edge on these razors using the stones he has and amount of laps he does. Maybe after 60 years I will be able to get the edges also.