Success! This afternoon I went back with the TÍ Le Canadien to give it another go. 20 medium pressure circles each ide, then a couple dozen or so x-strokes until it passed the tnt. Then I did 20 light x, Arm hair test was good. 20 more and then crox for 25 and iron ox for 25 on balsa. 50 on the 'roo and the shave was quite good. A bit more sting from the aftershave was the only real indicator of a rougher edge than usual. I've had trouble with this hard steel, so getting it down felt great.