A few things come to my mind:

A TI can take a pretty strong hand at the beginning of the Norton combination pyramid, but definitely ease off to very gentle contact at the end.

A well made bevel like you'll get from Lynn or Joe will be easier to get back to keen once it dulls.

When you are ready to hone up a razor whether it's a practice razor or your TI, work on advancing your technique. Even pressure along the blade is a mistake IMHO. There is no such thing. If you have one level of presssure at the heel it will be different in the middle or at the tip and that will be different yet again if you are using two hands on the blade. Roll the main point of contact from the heel along to the point as you progress along the honing stroke. The 'X' stroke is intended to help facilitate this necessary action. Keep your pressure even throughout this action as each part of the razors edge gets successively focussed on and you should get better results.

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