Buying a new razor to practise honing? Other than on a cheap Gold Dollar, I would not do this. Gold Dollars, however, come with their own geometry problems that will only make it harder to hone.
As gssixgun said, you probably had the bevel and shot past it a couple of times. Perhaps the following routine can help:
- Check 1, thumb pad test, thumb nail test, visual and arm hair test
- Dull the edge by very lightly running it over the corner of your Chosera 1K
- Check 2, thumb pad test, thumb nail test, visual and arm hair test
- 20-30 circles both sides with a little pressure
- Check 3, thumb pad test, thumb nail test, visual and arm hair test
- 20-30 circles both sides without pressure
- Check 4, thumb pad test, thumb nail test, visual and arm hair test
- 10-20 x strokes, no pressure
- Check 5, thumb pad test, thumb nail test, visual and arm hair test
This much shorter routine will reduce or eliminate the chance of setting a bevel and overshooting it. You should feel a significant difference between checks 1 and 2, as you're dulling it. It should fail all tests, but do take care to dull it gently!
Then, after the circles with a little pressure, you should have a tiny burr that you can feel with your thumb pad and nail. Visually, the bevel should look even and reach the edge, you could look up Magic Marker Test to aid you here.
The light circles should remove or reduce the burr, the edge should feel stickier on thumb pad and nail. Visually, scratches should look shallower.
After the x strokes, the scratches should look parallel and even along the bevel. Difference between checks 4 and 5 is probably minimal.
Note that the thumb pad test delivers different results between a wet and dry thumb. Wet, the sticky feeling is more pronounced than dry. At least, in my experience.