Obviously I'm inexperienced in the field of honing, so I'm not terribly surprised. But I'm definitely frustrated.

I bought a new Dovo Best Quality straight razor. When it first arrived, it passed the arm hair test with no problems. After my first shave, I thought maybe it was still a little dull, since there was a lot of pulling and I got bad razor burn. So I gave it a few passes on a piece of balsa wood with CrOx. The blade is now even duller, and it doesn't pass the arm shaving test on the top 1/2 inch of the blade. S**t. Not sure how I could have actually dulled the blade. About three times, it dug ever so slightly into the balsa wood because I moved it a smidge in the wrong direction while flipping it at the end of my stroke, but I'm having trouble believing that was enough to dull it. I'm beginning to realize how much time it's going to take me to get good at this.