When i see demonstrations on honing it is always recomended to keep razor perfectly flat.I always do marker test on my razors new or old to see if the heel and toe are making contact with my hoines which are always perfectly lapped and flatend. I would always say that the marker is fully removed on the belly every time but always eithr one side or the other the maker does not remove from the very begining of the heel and the very end of the toe in most cases i'm probably talking a thew mil.This hapens more on a curved point and not square point. If i hone leading with the heal and graduly raize towards the toe the marker vanishes in a couple of laps. my question is do most of you hone flat or use the slight rocking motion in most cases. i would like to be able to hone flat more often as it feel that is the right tecnique but if i no most of you have found you have to rock slightly to get the full lenght of the blade if you guys don't then i wonder if i'm doing somthing wrong.