Quote Originally Posted by jbasl
... If you hone in an x-pattern should you also be stropping in one? Or once you get done honing and let the blade sit for a day can you then strop straight up and down (provided your strop is wide enough)?
You can go straight up and down the strop, but an X is generally prefered, just as it is on the hone, even though some guys have success going straight down their hones too.

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