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The first part of this post is what I was referencing, and my guess is you know that. The effort to italicize "along" and the posting of the picture showing the reason why you said "I wouldn't..."...

Rob,

I know that you're pretty new to this forum, but there's a lot of other examples in which I was referring to as well. That was just an example of countless others. To the other points: If...

I didn't loose my temper, and the "gospel" comment was trying to ascertain the level of authority attributed to the barbers manual. I didn't intend any sarcasm, so I apologize for not being clear...

The one from 1926 that I saw said essentially the same thing (without verbalizing it explicitly), but that's beside my point. Jimmy, the fact that Bart and other guys do try to be helpful is an...

Don't think that the sarcasm went unnoticed. So are you prepared to say that horsehide strops aren't adequate for drawing out a sharp edge on a razor? The manual does.

Professing to tell...

I've used them both, but like I said it's really a moot point in my honing because I don't do any of the tests after 4k. I was just curious how some of you guys can authoritatively say that...

So, is it the consensus that because the barber's manual described it that way that it's "the gospel"?

So that barber's manual said it was wrong. Ok. It's interesting that prior to that post, there was pretty much a consensus that the way the wiki described was correct. Either way, it's a moot...

Well, if he made a mistake, he went all out including adding a picture to illustrate it...
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From the Wiki:


Then there is a picture to the right showing the holding position and an arrow pointing showing illustrating the direction.

I was really hoping for an explanation as to why it is different. If it is wrong (not being a jerk, but your post read authoritatively), why hasn't one of the more experienced members corrected the...

The Wiki describes the TPT differently.