Hi everyone, this is my first post. I received my first straight razor –Dovo Special, about a month ago, and I hate to sound like a negative nancy but I must admit that so far I’m pretty disappointed with the straight razor experience. I was expecting the closest, smoothest shave of my life, and it’s just not happening. So far I’d have to say my Gillette Fusion outperforms it in every respect. I have read up on straight razor use and watched a bunch of videos on YouTube to try to learn how to do this right. The Dovo seemed pretty sharp when I got it but not quite sharp enough, it just catches the hair and doesn’t cut it without repeated scrapes. I’ve seen people on YouTube take one swipe across their face and it was baby smoothe after. Mine will not do this. So I figured it is too dull. I tried honing it with a12000 grit whetstone and still no improvement. I laid the blade flat and honed blade first using an x pattern with little if any pressure to hone. I strop 40 times before and after, edge following, turning it on the blade. What am I doing wrong?