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Since creating this topic, I wanted to say that I'm pretty proficient in the "flip". Just takes practice. I found that one should ensure that the fingers using to flip the blade are totally dry. You...

This is exactly my problem. I can strop pretty well using the proper method of keeping the spine down but for some reason things fall apart when I'm over a stone :-)

Sorry if there's a well know term for keeping the spine down when flipping the blade over when honing or stropping but I'm trying to train myself to use this method and fight the urge to flip towards...