I know someone may say "we talked about it many a time" but i'm really frustrated.
I purchased my straight razor together with a strop and a honing stone of 12000 grit (it was the only one that was available). Obviously my razor wasn't "shave ready" as it was advertised so my face looked like a battlefield after first shave or like this:

I realized it needed some honing so i did about 20 strokes on the hone just before next shave. Now the shave was much better but it was far from perfect yet. I understood that the razor is not sharp enough. I decided to hone the razor again. I read on the forum that using 12000 grit stone needs to do 50..100 strokes to make it work. I did so but the razor didn't pass HHT. I honed it again for a few hours in a row but it didn't pass HHT (I tested the razor every 10..20 strokes). The thumbnail test seemed to be ok (i felt sensation of digging the blade into the nail). No matter how long i honed but the sensation felt on the thumbnail didn't change at all.
The surface of my honing stone looks as if it were covered with fat somewhat (when water is poured onto it it doesn't soak into int but stays in the form of "puddle" on the surface). The surface is extremely smooth and i get impression that it doesn't touch the blade at all (i use X-pattern because the stone is narrow)
Is it possible there is something wrong with the hone ?