No worries, No harm no foul. wise man said when it stops being fun, its time to take a break.
Remember that wet shaving isnt speed shaving, and no part of the process is meant to be fast.
Even the pros have a deliberate order of operation they follow, and the other wise man said 90% of what we do is test.
If you apply all this to the midrange honing it will happen. Do you know what you are looking for? Do you know what you are feeling for?
Humbly a honing session live can greatly reduce the learning curve and it will be a great confidence builder.
Yes your looking for less deep and rugged scratch pattern.
You were a Coti guy starting out. Are you still?
Because that changes alot with regards to scratch pattern.
Then we would talk about feel doing TPT