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Okay, I think I've got it!!!

Maybe this word, "rolling" triped us(noobe's) up a bit. You old timers must remember that us new guys don't know Sh*t! So when you use words of phrazes that you...

Okay, XMAN, That's exactally what I needed to hear!: The key word being PRESSURE! "employing a rolling hone pressure change up the edge as you advance through the honing stroke."

Well, you did...

Let's see if I understand what you are saying: On the upward stroke, I would rock-down with contact on the heel and somewhere in the center of the blade(push slightly down on the scales). Then on the...

Okay, let me take a shot at this:

Starting at the lower end of the hone, with the heel leading, and the blade at an angle, (the tip being lower than the heel) - I slide the razor upward, at the...

You lost me here! Can you explain this in a little more detail? Perhaps closer to an upside "J" then a "U"? :shrug: also; I asume horizonal is left to right, and vertical is up and back. Forgive...