Truly.. I've not had any problems.. in fact I spent a few hours with my T.Hessen on the little knife hone, followed by about 40 passes on my horsehide strop.. I achieved a one-pass BBS on my face this morning and the same for my head.. though I am still mastering the art of head shaving. I usually don't slice on the first pass... all my filets...err...nicks occur when I go back to touch up on problem spots.
Now... I just picked one of these up:
SUN TIGER DELUXE SHARPENING STONE - 4000 GRIT - eBay (item 140240401745 end time Jul-10-08 14:19:04 PDT)
Will that work? The shape is rather strange, do you somehow work on the flat side or on the curved?