I am so excited and proud of my self. I got for xmas a norton 4/8 and have been staring at it daily. So I ordered from SRD a flattening stone and gave it a shot today.
My razor was shaving well but I felt it could be better so I tried a few swipes on the 8k side. It seemed to get worse and the test shave was a bit irritating. So I decided to go for broke and try and reset the bevel on the 4k side which I was not sure would work then do about 40 passes on the 8 k side.
After that I did a arm hair test and it shaved better than before. So I spread some of the crox on the back of the strop and did about 30 passes. Did another arm hair test and the fine little hairs were popping. I did 60 passes on the bare leather side of the SRD prem long IV I had just got in the mail today, and then did a full wet shave. Best shave I have had yet.
I didnt realize honing was so easy. All the videos from you guys really helped and once I got past the fear of really destroying my blade and sat down and relaxed and focused on the wave, every thing went really smooth.