Thread: Another "Not quite sharp enough" post

I have been watching all the videos on You Tube and Lynn is a great teacher and there are others that have other ideas about honing and they all seem to know their craft. I am using Norton hones and I have the 250/1000 and a 4000/8000 and from what I hear that will get you shaving. I have made several attempts to sharpen 2 razors; one is a newer Dovo and the other is a nice 1906 Hibbard Spencer Bartlett. I have used the pyramid method as well as Lynn's circle technique and they both yield similar results where they will pop a couple hairs on the HHT but the shave is not comfortable and not even good. One improvement I had was lightening up my blade pressure to a weight-of-the-blade only pressure. It feels like the blade is just floating across the hone when the pressure is light and flat. In each case I set the bevel with the 1000 so it would "drag" across my thumb nail. From there I would lighten up the pressure throughout the pyramid method. After honing I use AOS strop paste on a nylon strop for 20 licks, bare nylon strop for another 20 and the leather for 40. Could I be stropping for too short a period. Any suggestions would be much appreciated and my bleeding and irritated face thanks you in advance.