I have to agree with thebigspendur. It seems that part of the problem most newbees have with honing is applying to much pressure, thus bending the edge of the blade up ever-so-slightly. If you were to use both hands to strop on a hard strop, I think the tendency would be to apply more pressure to increase the drag. Leighton is right. Make an effort to learn to do it with one hand. That doesn't mean you can't do it with a hard strop, just do it with one hand. Just MHO.

Ray