The obvious answer is grinding away so much metal that the razor is no longer useful but I suspect that the answer is not quite so simple. I've read numerous posts warning against overhoning yet David Polan, if I understand him correctly, seems to dispell the theory of overhoning in his 9 part video series. Assuming this is a valid concern, what are the indications and results?

This is of particular importance to me as I have been working on my DD Goldedge for a couple of weeks now. I started with the razor doing little more than pulling whiskers out of my face. I use a Norton 4K/8K and, as of late, a yellow coticule followed by the customary linen and leather. All of the posts I've read indicate that you can set the bevel with the 4K (without a 1K) but it will take quite a bit longer. After a series of aggressive pyramids with the 4K/8K, each followed by a test shave (I'm so inexperienced at this that the TPT, TNT, and HHT tests are useless to me so I just shave instead), I can now get a pretty good shave but with some pulling around the chin. I seem to have reached a plateau in that I am unable to get past some pulling and slight irritation around the chin.

How should I proceed from here? Continue with the aggressive pyramids or switch to conservative pyramids? At what point does "overhoning" become a concern, if at all?

Please base any remarks on the assumption that my honing, shaving, and stropping techniques are good as I believe that they are.