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If by figure you mean finger, then that is too wide. Try a lower angle with the spine closer to your cheek.

Agreed. That was the wrong choice of words on my part.

My previous response was on my phone, so I kept it brief with a first impression. This time, not so much.

1. This one, and only this one, I was going to let go, right up until you wrote "Never...

No apology here and I'm not going to mince words. You are flat out wrong on number 3. It is not a myth--ONE bad stroke on the strop will roll an edge.

For any beginner, please understand that

YOU SHOULD NOT, IN ANY WAY, TEST A RAZOR WHEN YOU GET IT BACK FROM A HONER.

When you get the blade back from the honer, you have the honer's edge right...