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Heel forward, down, across, slightly lift and loop back i.e. sweep....get out the loupe and read the trip :beer1:
Or, just do a Rolling X Stroke!

No apologies needed. I was referring to another post. Thanks

Well, I vote we don't do that. Too much of this palaver is one monkey-like member thrashing about in public.
You can edit me out and add the other members, I won't mind.

Ok, I'm honing in on the rolling X :o which seems to have more than one definition. Charlie Lewis lifts the spine of the smiling blade out of parallel with the hone, as it leaves the hone. In a...

Well in 2012 I sent out one razor to a pro. I haven't had to again since. Not that I don't respect experience but simply that I looked at honing as an enjoyable skill to learn and looked forward to...

There seems to be a confusion (hand raised) between lifting the spine over the hone and lifting the spine off the hone.
Some of this makes the razor sound like a flexible object, like you could...

Yep, same here. I won't quote a honemeister, not being able to find the post but I asked this question about lifting the spine and he said not to....
Honestly, I don't care what someone chooses to...

It appears to me that the shoulder is being honed.
And I could be wrong, but I thought I was told not to lift the spine doing a rolling X and the photos show two different razors, one clearly...

Should this be in the Library? Rolling X stroke - Straight Razor Place Library