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Thanks for the replies. I will dramatically lower the stropping on diamond and chromium oxide and see if that helps.

Yes, a half stroke is just working one side of the blade a number of repetitions then switching to the other for the same number of repetitions. This is followed by an equal number of X strokes. ...

I am using a yellow Belgian coticule with water and have experimented with as few as seven half strokes followed by seven X strokes to as many as twenty five half and X strokes. This is followed by...