Thread: Newbie Checking in...questions

I've been getting into traditional shaving...started DE...moving to straight...yada yada

I found a hone/wet stone at an estate sale. Very smooth. It has no ID markings other than an old sticker that says blue green (or yellow green, or yellow blue...something like that) on it. It would appear to be a natural stone. No case or papers.

Other question is about razor sharpness. I have a couple of razors. They will take the hair
off of the arm. But still ruff on the face. So I sharpened one on my new hone (described above).
It will grip a hanging hair, but not cut it. I tried to shave with it, and it still seemed ruff, though I was noticeably taking stubble off. Could this be technique, or do I need to hone the razor some more?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Gabe