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And mine +1,,
heel forward or X IMHO

Thanks Paul and decraew that makes sense now, I would have to give way to both of your experiences using Bart's methods on the smaller Coticules... Different ideas on different systems.

Hmmmm, I am not so sure of that at all, in fact I would have to say I disagree, that not only are they not faster, but they are also way more likely to cause an uneven bevel than either Circles or X...

I would not presume that, you are going to have to mess with both and decide for yourself on a razor by razor situation...

I use Japanese strokes as part of pre-bevel re-creation... I use circles...

Also commonly refered to as Japanese honing...
But as Phat Man already pointed out it is more of a metal cutting stroke...