Clarification: What is a "stroke" and what is a "lap?"
I've been learning a lot more about barber hones and pasted strops lately as I've been forced, through continual use, into the "touching up" stage. I've read that you should do 4-6 strokes on a barber hone. When people say "stroke," does that mean one single pass of the razor up the hone? Or is it one single pass up, followed by a pass down? I've understood that a lap was an "up and back" motion while a stroke is just one half of that.
I got confused because I read an article recommending 5 strokes on a barber hone and that seemed weird. If a stroke is indeed one single swipe of the razor on the hone, why would it be an uneven number? Is "5 strokes" 5 passes on the hone, or 10? Is it 5 each side of the razor, or 5 all-together?