Amen to what Sharptonn says...you don't NEED a hone or stone or anything else....mail those babies off for $30 to Lynn or Gssixgun, or anyone else who is on this forum advertising honing expertise. Best you can buy for $30 (maybe) is a barber's hone and unless you're amazingly dexterous and a quick long distance learner, you'll make the razors worse.
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Just a thought on the OP's opening post. I truly feel you are perhaps not stropping enough. Double up on it, 40 on the fabric, 100 on the leather. It may just come around. A good stropping regimen should keep a properly honed blade shaving well indefinitely. The money spent to send to Lynn once in a blue moon is less than delving into hones and, if stropped properly, should go a long while.
Just my observation and another option.