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If you don't have one yet you might want to pick up one of the little $10 60x-100x microscopes from Radio Shack. They are a very cheap tool that are very useful when diagnosing honing problems. At...

Josh, when doing the rock-and-roll technique your hand winds up making a vertical X along the side of the hone. Whether the heel leads or the razor is straight across the hone doesn't matter, but...

Sure. I actually find it easier to do it with a smiling blade than with a straight blade, because it's less sensitive to wobbliness.

I hold my razor by the middle of the scales and arc my hand up...