Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
In reading through this thread again, l think it might be helpful if someone would properly describe "swooping."
I don't know if this is what "swooping" is but it is what I do. Start with the blade heel forward heel in contact with the hone to avoid starting with the blade on the stabilizer should the blade have one. As you go forward draw the blade towards the toe slightly lifting the blade as you go. That should move the contact point of the blade and hone continuously down the edge toward the toe.

Hope that description made some kind of sense as it is easier to do than describe for me.

Bob