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Glen, thanks for emphasis on the light touch. One of the problems about talking about "torque" is that people equate that with excessive pressure.
That is not my intent. What I am trying to get...

Use only the amount of torque necessary to keep the water from flowing UNDER the blade edge. If you can watch the water flow from heel to toe in front of the edge then you are using enough "torque"....

When guys stop over to my home for a honing session the two constants that I notice is that they all have a honing stroke that is both to fast and that they do not pay attention to the distribution...