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+1. Actually I find it more difficult to control the razor trying to use the weight of the blade. When I'm doing that I hold the razor further back on the tang nearly at the pivot. I think it was...

No. I use more with the 1k because I'm setting the bevel and less with the 4/8 because I'm sharpening and polishing. On the higher grits a bit more than the weight of the blade but not a lot more....