For some time I've been struggling to hone my own razor (because there was no one in my country who could do it for me) and managed to get it to the point of being able to shave, although there is a lot to wish for.

Recently SR and DE shaving has become somewhat trendy (damn hipsters probably gonna ruin the beauty of it) where I live and a few barbershops and a store for shaving supplies opened up. Consequently someone who hones razors for money popped up. He is by no means a honemeister and he himself admits that he is still learning (since I'm not qualified to judge, he might be overly modest).
To put my own honing in some perspective, I took my newest razor - stolichnaya ( http://ej.uz/kz4p ) to him.

yesterday I got my first shave with it and I don't really know what to think. I was expecting it to be at least a few magnitudes better than my own honed razor, but in reality it is just a little improvement, so I was kinda dissapointed (but I still don't know if I'm dissapointed in the razor or in the guy who honed it)

Which finally leads me to the question - how sharp can a razor be? Reading the forum leads me to think that hht and all that is nonsense and only by shaving can one judge the blade. So what should I look and feel for? In my imagination the razor shoud scare the whiskers off and feel like cool and smooth unicorn tears of joy on my skin. How far in fairyland am I? I once read that a SR that is as sharp as possible glides through whiskers just as well as it would on smooth skin. Is this true?
I have a very coarse beard and on the chin the shave is far from smooth gliding, although it is not pulling either; still, some force needs to be applied. Is this to be expected?

Also - although I've only gotten a few decent shaves, I already own four razors and look forward to getting more. Is this normal?