i am just starting out with straights and i picked up a razor that needs what looks like a light honing. its a 5/8 otto deutsch hans (pretty cool little razor) i have honed out a very small nick on my strop back hone from tilly and it passes the thumbnail test. i have done a couple hundred laps on the gem hone and i still cant pass the hht. i lapped the frictionite hone which feels courser than the gem. 50 laps on it and still not passing the hanging hair test. it feels like it is atleast close when i do the thumbpad test. i dont have any other hones or pasted strops yet. should i test it out on my face tonight to get a better understanding of where i am at? i dont think its over honed but then again i am just starting out with this. i do have a razor that is shave sharp so i should have a good benchmark to work with.

any suggestions are greatly appreciated-cheers,
ryan