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Mb6606,

You are closing the face with angled hinging. By definition it is closing with layback. On the ground it will look as though the face of the putter is opening and closing when in fact it is an angled hinge.

You may in fact be using a true angled hinge although you are working on a horizontal hinge. There is nothing wrong with slamming the face open and closed on the putting green to see the horizontal hinge. However, under the gun you better not, it will go bump in the night if you do.

Rember, the feeling of a horizontal hinge is a "roll" but you may have used the "reverse roll" feel so long that a "roll" feel is actually angled. That is where a training aid which shows you angled would come in handy. Again, search through Lynn's and find discussions about hinge. It will give you a great headstart.