Quote Originally Posted by racer View Post

OK
Magic marker helped.
The area near the edge had magic marker left on it.

Honed the razor with lower grit until the two areas had
merged into one. Then honed with higher grits and stropped.
I actually managed to shave for the first time. Not perfect, cheeks
were shaved well but other areas not so well as the i'm perhaps
still too careful
You did it perfectly! When something changes the angle of the bevel, you have to keep honing away at that bevel until it reaches the edge. It is the meeting of the bevels on opposite sides that form the edge so those bevels must meet.