Welcome to the SRP!

It has already been suggested that you send out your razors for honing by a "Pro". I definitely agree with that suggestion!

Learning to use a hone is the most difficult of the skills and takes awhile to learn. Several people have tried to learn to hone on a good razor and ended up destroying it. I was one of those guys. Please don't make the same mistake.

Go to the Buy/Sell/Trade forum. The first sticky is where you can purchase the DVD by Lynn Abrams, the founder of this site. It is 3 hours of instruction on every aspect of straight razors. it will answer 90% of your questions.