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I don't use strokes without lateral movement. No two planes are perfectly flat so I use lateral movement on everything and all my half strokes use the heel leading in some way. As Lynn says on 3 inch...

A single stroke in one direction. Imagine never flipping the razor at the end of your stroke but pulling it back like a stropping stroke. Do that twenty times then flip over and repeat for the other...

It's a great stone! I actually ended up with two... The day after I bought my first ZG I was able to get an 8x3 at the same price as the first. I know I should sell one but it's hard to part with...

I find I can get success with the half stroke even on a finisher. For example I usually do 100 strokes on the ZG; the first 75 are half strokes followed by 25 perfect x strokes.

The half stroke has recently become my favorite stroke. It is a super quick way to zip through the strokes necessary on slow hones (I'm eyeballing you Zulu Grey). I use circles intermittently but...