Here is a recent post of mine in a thread that asked the same thing (http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...en-do-you.html):

My advice to newer guys who are trying to learn to hone but cannot sit down with someone experienced is the following:

Take a blade that you think is totally finished on (insert hone here), and test shave a tiny patch of hair (wherever you want, but one or two hairs on the upper arm is my preference). Then do 10 more X strokes on (insert hone here) and repeat. Stop when you are no longer noticing any improvement. Do whatever you need to remember what that edge is like (look under magnification, do a TPT, remember the feedback on the hone, whatever). Go up to the next hone and repeat.

Every so often, repeat your checks; you will probably find that you can get more out of each hone as you develop more honing experience.