So to start I have this dovo that used to be a 6/8. Through repeated honing for practice it's gotten considerably smaller.. don't really care as its a tool. Tools wear if you're hard on them.. What's a $150 to learn... I pay way more then that for tuition... learning eh... gotta love it.

On to the main event. I've been on hiatus with my straights for a few days now. A few days ago i recieved my Norton 4/8k lapped the 4k until all the grain was gone.. good to go on the hone..
Brought out my king 1k. Good to go.

Set the bevel on 1k, a 2 1/2" one. I went through all the tests the whole 9. Tried to jump to 4k and it's as if the bevel was gone no TNT and no arm hair shaving anymore.. wtf I thought.. went back down to 1k bevel set again.. I've set enough bevels to understand what that means and feels like. I've gotten past the super rook stage of my honing.. so

I went to 4k again, then 8k nope not cutting. Went down to 4k nope back to 1k. Good... well a few hours later after going up and down in grit I found myself standing over the garbage can my Dovo in one hand and my Norton in the other... ready to list my whole collection of hones razors and strops on ebay and pick up a de..

I finally walked away after putting significant wear on the razor.. I've honed this razor many times on a thinner stone (2") roughly.. coticule... it hones up great but this wide norton wasn't speaking to me.

Finally today I picked it back up.. where I had left it I had the bevel set on the 1k. Picked up my favoured coti/bbw from geezer. A almost 8 inch by 1.75-2". Honed slurry on coti -> bbw with slurry -> coticule with water. Passing all my tests. The shave test will take place tonight..

Just wondering of width of a stone has anything to do with it?

Is it all in my head? and I'm far more proficient and a better honer with my coticule only since I've been at that method for over a year.

Weigh in please gentlemen,

It was truly low point I'm my life.. I never want to be there again. It wavered my faith in straight razors as a whole.

Scott