I was successful at honing my first razor today. Was not perfect by any means. The razor was a Shumate. I was unable to shave with it before, but now I could finish a shave with it. I used 12 u, then 5 u, then 3 u, then finished up with 1 u. Pretty proud to just be able to use the razor that I honed my self. Looking forward to failures and successes. I am very happy with my first real try. Looking forward to getting a 1K king stone for setting bevels and a 4 k stone. I will finish with film from there,