When you guys hone, can you really get it to the point where it cuts a hair that you're gently lowering towards the blade?

I got a Norton 4k/8k stone and was practicing honing on a vintage puma razor that I picked up at an antique store for $15. It's in pretty good shape, and I was able to get it much sharper than it was (it'll cut hairs off my arm), but I couldn't get it to pass the hanging hair test.