Am needing some direction on how to continue honing my razor. As you can see from my previous posts I'm VERY new to honing. My razor was not shaving as well as it had so I bought the Norton 4k/8k and did the conservative pyramid. It is now shaving worse that before starting.
I definately could feel the cutting edge of the 4k side, but the 8k was so smooth I don't know if it was having much effect.

Could I have had too much water on the 8k side?

My blade fits entirely on the hone and I've been honing with a slight angle with heel leading. Do I just need a few more 1,3 trips or should I use more 8k by itself? Any help is greatly appreciated.