Originally Posted by
suzuki
When using a honing surface that's not as wide as the blade I don't think having to spend some additional time on the parts that don't stay in contact with the honing surface for the entire stroke is a sign of poor technique. Its simply the case that the part of the blade that's always in contact with the hone is going to get honed more and that this is something that needs to be corrected for.
My sense (and again, I'm NOT an expert) is that having to do some heel or tip only strokes is not uncommon when using barber's hones. Obviously, the wider the hone, the less of a problem this is.