I did something accidentaly a while back:

after honing on a 6k, i went back on a 3k.

the reason is I was new to honing and I had a new combination stone and I mistook 3k for 10k. And finished with the 3k.

this thing cuts through paper like butter and shaves beautifully but fails HHT test.

when properly honed in proper progression, it passes HHT but shave is ordinary. Nothing special really.

Is this possible, or was I drunk.