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Gary personally I don't use a rocking motion on the strop when doing a smiling blade... The leather gives enough that it should not be nessesary...
That being said I do pay more attention as I...

I didn't realize that if you didn't remember where this was it was hard to find :D


Here is the link parts 8-9 are what you are looking for, but the video is great !!!!!
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It's actually got a name "The Rocking X Stroke" and yes it is pretty common when honing anything with a smile, or a warp, or both....
Heavyduty's 9 part honing video shows a great example of it in...