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X,

I edited the graphic so it doesn't claim to represent your techique. :)

I'm going to grab a smiling blade tonight and see if I can figure out how your approach works. I understand it in...

Oooohhhhhh... I think I'm following you now. So the entire spine isn't flat along the stone during the stroke, but parts of it are slightly raised?

I'm having a hard time visualizing how you can...

X,

After carefully rereading your post, I think I get it. Is the main thing I have wrong the part about having the tip leading at the end of the stroke?

So you start with the heel leading, and...

X,

Maybe it's because I haven't seen how this is supposed to work in person, but what you were describing seemed to be the same as what I was trying to describe.

Help me out here--does the...

Charles,

This is where we separate the men from the boys. :)

The rolling hone method works like this: Start your honing stroke with the heel leading the toe. As you progress through the stroke,...

In cases like this, I've had the most success by using Xman's rolling stroke, sometimes combined with an X stroke. You start with the blade angled backward, then roll it forward as you go through the...