I am in the early stages of my honing experience. I have had pretty good luck setting bevels and honing 3 ebay razors so far. I had the day off, so I thought I would give #4 and 5 a try today. #4 was a "Bancroft Razor Works" worcester mass. 11/16. I won it for a good price and the edge looked to be in pretty good shape. I tried to strop and shave, but it wasnt quite there. I have a norton 4k/8k combo, so I tried a 5/5 3/3 1/3 1/5 pyramid and then about 10 strokes on my Naniwa 12k followed by 5 on CROX pasted Webbing and then a good stopping on clean webbing followed by a proper stopping on leather. It shaved like a dream.

Now on to #5. It was a Torrey Razor Co. 5/8. The edge wasnt even close and appeared in need of a bevel set on up. I did repeating series of 20 circles on my 4k (this has been working well for me) with some pressure, then once it felt close based on TPT, I moved to light series of 20 circles and then 15 x strokes. Then went to 15/15 10/10 5/5 3/3 1/3 1/5 pyramid and finished on the 12k, CROX and stropping. It seemed pretty close based on TPT and "Treetoping of armhair" so I tried a shave. I shaved the left side of my face with the 1st razor and it looks good. I shaved the right side with this one and I look and feel like I shaved with embeded gravel on a stick. Back to the stones.... LOL