I hate to sound dumb, but I have read the stuff here about honing and I do not understand over honing. I would think that the sharper the razor the better. Does over honing mean the edge is too thin? If so, then how can that happen if you keep the spine on the hone. The angle should be right.
I also read that if you go back to the last coarser hone and back hone a few strokes and then go forward to the next smoother hone it can fix the problem. If that is true why wouldn't it be ok to just back hone a few strokes before moving forward to the next smoother hone every time you hone any razor. Would that prevent over honing ?