Yes Jack you have the visual correct in the brain :)
A SR is basically a push cut at the beginning stages, later down the road you will learn about Scything strokes etc:
Watch the trap of using High magnification, a mirror bevel does not always mean it is a good shave :( in fact chasing the "look" can lead to a harsh fragile edge..
Another reason to not use magnification is my beautiful mirror finish gets depressing when magnifiedd. :)
Some of the Smoothest feeling Natural finishers leave a rather hazy scratchy finish, it really does come down to your face, this is one of the reasons we tend to tell people to hang at the 8k "level" until you can get a smooth comfortable with relative ease.. Then add a high grit finisher to get the icing on the cake..
One of my favorite sayings is "Bevel Bevel Bevel 90% of the work is in the bevel set" after that it is all just fun
and here is a thread where some of the guys took my statements of the bevel set should be able to shave all in itself to task
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...-1k-shave.html
that will give you an idea of just how sharp these SR's really are