Hi,
I tried to learn how to hone (set bevels) about 9 months ago and did not really learn. Partly because I had a bad razor to practise on. I took the advise of others a got a Maxard razor from Glen. It has been great and I have used it for this time without honing, just stropping. Now I can say that I think I know how to shave with a straight, but still learning. The edge of the Maxard is not holding up forever so I need to learn how to hone my razors.

At the moment I am practicing on a swedish frameback and I got it to a hair popping sharp but only after honing a ton on the 3/8k (maybe like 300 laps total).

I have few problems and the hardest one is knowing when to lay off the pressure while bevel setting on coarser stones. I am using the 1k king and it seems every time when I get the edge to exhibit some kind of drag on the TNT then shortly after it will feel completely dull again and wont cut hair either. I noticed that they king stone needs to lapped every 20-30 passes as it looses its bite very fast.
I had a scale to measure the pressure I am using so I know I am not using way too much, but it seems every time I some how overshoot the bevel setting stage. That seems odd to me because watching the videos by Lynn and Glen, you can see that they use a lot of pressure and the swarf turn grey really fast while bevel setting. What should I look for/feel as I approach bevel set on the hone? I just never get there on the 1k.

Then the two other issues relate to feeling. First, even though that edge is popping hairs off of my arm, I can not feel a thing on the TPT. (Maybe just a hint of stickyness after stropping the frameback). When I got the razor honed by glen I remember that the edge felt sticky on the TPT. Now that is telling me that my bevel is still not thin enough, and thus not set. But how do I get there?
The other feel related issue is feeling the edge on the hone. Glen says he can feel a bunch of things when he is honing (like rough spots). I can not feel diddley squat. What should I look for?

Thanks, for any help.