Hone Breakthrough

[IsaacRN]

I recently took my straight shaving to the next step. I began to hone my own blade and I wasnt successful at all. But today.....well today i was able to pass the HHT.

I have tried to do the pyramids....but it just wasnt working for me. So i tried something more simple.

10 passes on the 4k of my Norton (Moderate Pressure)
15 passes on the 8k of my Norton (Light Pressure)
10-15 passes on the Yellow Coticule (Very Light Touch)
10 passes on 0.5 pasted paddle

Now i wasnt passing the HHT after the Coticule and was pretty depressed. Now i was passing the Thumb Pad test and felt it digging after each stone change.

I figured what the heck...lets take it to the strop. I proceeded to strop about 20-30 times on the linen and then i went about 60 on the leather. GUess what.....I passed the HHT after that. Figured...what the heck, took one blade back to the coticule...and tried HHT after..and nothing...then went back to the strop and passed the HHT. Is that a normal thing or am I doing something wrong. Im just happy that I actually put an edge on 3 eBay style razors today. I basically just did the 10 passes on the pasted strop at the very end of everything..Popping hairs like crazy.