Thread: x-pattern leads to honed out toe?

I'm watching the DVD honing section from SRD. I am still puzzling on the x pattern "heel to toe". (Incidentally, I see neither "heel" nor "toe" at Basic straight razor anatomy, though it is in the video if I remember correctly.**)

In any event, using the terminology from the wiki, it seems to me that if you always pull, the point of the razor will be in contact with the stone a greater percentage of the time than the other side.

So my question is, why doesn't this inequity lead to asymmetry on the razor?



** memory is a problem in my case. It would be nice if we made the annatomy shown in the wiki consistent with the DVD.