I got a Wapi to learn how to hone and not to screw up my TI from classicshaving.com

I Honed/stropped it to the point when it feels just as sharp as it should be tried to shave.
On my first attempt to shave it seemed to be pulling, so I stopped and finished with another razor.
Re-honed it, re-stropped it and tried again - same thing.

Third time I just stropped it and started again. At first it seemed to be doing the same thing, but I decided to keep going.
Tried to change my strokes and angle of the blade and something strange happened.
Somewhere in a middle of my shave it stopped pulling and started
shaving almost like any other razor, it felt a bit ruff, but I ended up with a pretty good shave and no razor burn.

Not sure if this is normal. Has anything like this happened to you?

Is it a Wapi thing?