I just honed a razor yesterday, started with a Chosera 1K, and moved onto a Chosera 5K, then a kitayama 8K as a finisher. I still am unable to pass the HHT and have felt that it is not as sharp as it should be. I'm a newbie but I don't think my technique is wrong, no pressure is applied. With the 1K, I felt as though the stone cut the larger mountains and valleys as it should across the blade, and then when I went to the 5K and 8K, I felt it getting smoother, but it is not getting sharper. Do I need a higher grit finisher? It was cutting hair off my arm at 8K, but still not passing HHT. I tried a shave with it and it felt like it was pulling rather than slicing the hair. Any thoughts?

Thanks