I believe I am getting closer to success in my attempts to hone my own razors. The method I tried tonight consisted of a touchup of ten light laps on my coticule and chinese 12k, each with only water and no slurry. This was followed by ten strokes on my CrOX linen strop and a finishing twenty on the leather side. It was sharp enough to shave with, but produced a very painful 'grating' feeling on my cheeks and sideburn area - it was some pretty horrible pulling.

Suprisingly, I cut my neck right on my adam's apple while setting the blade - something I have not done since the first few times I shaved. I got a decently close shave (better then my safety razor) in the moustache and beard areas though.

So, I still need to figure out what I need to do and was wondering if anyone had some input on what to do with a razor that pulls.