Had my DD Goldedge in shaving condition using a Norton 4k/8k except that it pulled around the chin. Several responses to this problem by the forum led me to believe that the bevel had not been thoroughly set. Not wanting to spend the money for a coarser stone and being tired of the slow speed of the Norton 4k, I put some honing oil on a Norton fine india stone that I had (after properly lapping it) and made a few passes taking great pains to make sure my technique was correct. Thereafter, the razor wouldn't cut hot butter.

The razor is coming around now, slowly but surely, as I perform aggressive pyramids on the 4/8k but I would be interested in comments as to what I did wrong. Is the Norton fine india taboo? I can't imagine what I did to take away from the performance of the razor to that degree.