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Hehe, guess I shoulda checked the post date before chiming in just to up my post count. Yea, dry fingers is imperative. I use a spray bottle to wet stones, but when I use shave lather as a honing...

I'll second this. It took me a while to get the hang of leaving the spine on the hone/strop and flipping the blade 'properly' too. If you don't goof up, it doesn't really matter. But the first time...