I am pretty new to honing. I have honed 5 or 6 razors over the last couple months. I am attempting to hone my first near wedge, smiling razor. It's a 8/8 Joseph Rogers. I did a bevel set with my King 1k and progressed through with Naniwa 3k/8k. I have gotten some very good shaves with this progression before. I watched all the rolling x stroke videos I could find. The edge looks and feels good to me but the shave was terrible. I watched all the videos again and started back at 1k. Shave test number 2 was just slightly less terrible, still not acceptable.

Do you honing veterans have any advice to offer? Should I start at the beginning and try again? I know I have a lot more to learn so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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