Your best bet is to hang out with someone who has some skills..... waay better than going it alone. I had to go it alone as I was the only one in my area that I knew of. It took me a long time and I really wore down that first Antique shop sub $20 razor. Today, it's still my favourite razor as it taught me almost everything I know about honing, but it still had to endure a lot of abuse.
1. If you are confused, you need to hang out with someone who can show you, or lighten up... waling on a razor will get you nothing but heavy spine wear. The blade is very thin and flexible, unless we're talking a near wedge razor. Putting too much pressure just causes the blade to flex, raising the actual edge off the hone and you can hone for hours never touching the edge... Adding *slight* torque to the razor *can*, when done correctly, speed up the honing process, but it's a very light torquing.... so light, gents like Gssixgun hesitate to even mention it, as too much is far worse that not enough. Tape that spine to prevent more wear and little more than the weight of the razor is all that is needed.
2. A Norton 4/8K combo is a fine hone... It is NOT the solution to your current problem, but it IS a fine hone and should go well between your 1K King and your Coticule hones. You do NOT need a 1K Norton, your 1K King is fine.... not the fastest, but in your case, fast is not a good thing.... Putting a brand new driver with little training in the seat of a formula one race car is NOT a recipe for success. The Naniwa Professional 1K is probably one of the best bevel setters out there, but if you cannot do it with a King 1K, you can't do it with the Naniwa either. The finest tools mean nothing if you have not developed the skill to use it well. Once you have the skill, you will have the experience to select the *right* hone for YOU, and that hone may or may not be what someone else likes.
3. The Coticules are excellent hones in skilled hands, your hands are not yet there, but they will be soon. The coti will serve you well down the road, but as you have found out, just buying an expensive stone does not make you an expert honemeister.
4. Honing films work, I've used them in the past, and again, they are not your solution, as they do not make you an experienced honer. Only time and practice can do that. I will say, I started with films as I simply could not afford hones, but I quickly learned that by the time you can get a decent edge out of films, you've spent so much time, not to mention money on glass plates and worn razors, you might as well have bought hones and a DMT 325 to flatten them.
Even the big guns in honing can happily use a 1K King, a 4/8 Norton and a Coticule to create fine edges. It's not what you use, it's how you use it.
Gssixguns motto reads as such:
"No amount of money spent on a Stone can ever replace the value of the time it takes learning to use it properly"
Very Respectfully - Glen
If nobody is close enough to give you a hand, at least watch Gssixguns videos on youtube. They are an excellent resource when learning to hone.
https://www.youtube.com/user/gssixgun/videos
Regards
Christian aka
Kaptain "We've all been where you are right now, and it just takes some time and practice" Zero