First honing was a disaster - help!
I tried to hone a razor today for the first time and I think I did more damage than good. THe razor was a new Bill Ellis and pretty sharp but was getting a little dull after about 5 shaves and .5 CO did not refresh it enough for me. Thus, I took it upon myself after reading and viewing Lynn's DVD to try honing it to get it super sharp.
I flattened the Norton 4/8K stones to perfection and practiced the stroke on a crud razor and then reflattened the stone and tried to hone my good razor.
I properly wetted the stones before and during use and used a pyramid structure that Lynn suggested for a new razor needing a touch up (3x 4k with 3x 8k, 1x 4k with 3x8k, and 1x 4k with 5x 4k and then used my green CO on my paddle strop for 10 passes and finished with 30 passes on my tony miller red latigo strop). THe razor looks fine but it will not cut a hair (HHT) and it does not feel as sharp as it did before I monkeyed with it. It does not "stick" to my skin when I wet my finger and run it along the blade's edge.
I was careful to put no pressure and the blade was flat the whole time, as best as I could tell, and I proceeded slowly. I did this whole process a second time as the razor would not cut a hair with the HHT after the first round.
Any ideas What did I might have done wrong and what can I do at this point other than send it out to get sharpened. I want to learn to hone because it is not practical in any sense to send them out every time the need to be worked on and I would like to be able to refine them to my liking. I want the super super sharp due to my hair type.
Thanks for any suggestions!