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It honestly is the exact same stroke irregardless of whether you are on a 1 inch wide hone or a 3 inch wide hone, the edge and the spine must remain in contact as you adjust the honing gymnastics to...

Figured we were saying the same thing, and if we were across the table from each other and could use our hands to talk also there would have been no confusion hehehe

Lifting the toe while honing the heel is a Rolling or Rocking stroke pick the word you choose :)

BUT

The spine at the heel should still be on the hone, basically the spine is touching when the...

Not quite true... Most every razor is not really straight, in fact many people hone them toward a smile because it is a comfortable shave (Look at the old Barber's Manuals)

If you lift the spine...

It is just different Honing Gymnastics :)

The blade of every razor has to glide over the hones equally and evenly period... The difference in technique is to make that happen :)