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Yelling at bevels. That's more for advanced honing techniques section of SRP.

Not multiply but the diagonal will be a bit longer than the length of the hone. Just look at ebay razors: I bet you that most of the frowning edges have been created by amateurs not using an X-stroke.

I am quoting here a post by Randydance in the 1st thread that Utupian mentioned above:



This sums it up very well. I do tend to go straight up and down 3" hones but do shift the pressure a bit,...