When I finish honing a razor for someone else, I wipe it off, strop it, and shave test it. After the shave test it is lightly stropped again, disinfected in Barbicide, wiped dry, and then very lightly oiled. If I bothered to do it, the razor would pass the hanging hair after stropping it, but it sure would not pass it after it was oiled. Any bit of oil on the edge will block its ability to pop hairs.

Did you wipe or strop your razors before you tested them?