Ryan, I would recommend you send it out to be re-honed professionally. Maybe there is someone close to your area. You see honing can be rather difficult, and if you do not have a shave ready straight to compare to, your skills may not become as good as they can. Learning everything at once is a large obstacle to overcome, take it a bit at a time.
I understand your feelings of the first shave, it is really disheartening but I bet maybe 90% of this community experienced a dreadful first shave, especially if their beards are coarse.
I imagine one of your problems may have been angles, or perhaps even a rolled edge. The angles of a real straight vs a feather are completely different so thats why I think that may have been one of your problems. Also you need a slight bit more pressure with a real straight than you do with a feather, and this too can make the razor pull, I only figured that out recently.
Take your time in learning, start with your cheeks, then work your way to the harder parts.
And remember. Slow, smooth. Smooth is fast. :tu
Good luck and keep us updated