I think I just learned something huge but then again maybe not. Can anyone confirm this.

I was touching up my dovo best quality on a guangxi stone and was applying moderate pressure and it got duller!! I tried everything from marker on the bevel, circles, X stroke, half stroke, everything. Nothing worked. Razor was sharp but not popping hair at their tops sharp.

Then....I tried 50 very light strokes and stropped and ......BOOM! It started popping the hair at the tops. Passed a HHT 3 and in some spots a 4!

was this a coincidence? Did I just get to a certain number of laps or was it the pressure?

last time it seemed as though it didn't work until I applied a slight pressure this time it seemed like it was the opposite?

I have a very sharp razor but.....help