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Well, I'm with you on the equal pressure idea, defnitely. But I'm wondering whether flat contact is the only way to achieve even pressure.

I've got no experience with the really narrow hones - is...

Sorry everyone - I need to remember to choose my words more carefully :o

Xman nailed it when he said it's a pressure transfer along the edge. It's really a tiny, tiny adjustment in edge pressure...

And to add to heavyduty's reply, you can mitigate the heel/toe effect by adopting a "rolling" X pattern - while the blade is making an X pattern in the horizontal plane, you also make a "U" pattern...