Ok i have a new dovo, being my first straight. i did not know if the bad shaves were from my lacks of skills or bad rasor, i bought it in a store and it was factory sealed so i figured it was not shave ready, but i did not mind the dull blade while learning so i could not cut myself too badly. After three weeks i needed more passes and the shaves were worst and worst, i put it on my bad stropping technique. I found a place in montreal for honing but they charge $50 so I bought a norton 4k/8k and decided to give it a try after watching lots of videos. Surprisignly it went great, i gave it about 12 passes on each side and i see a very good improvement on the sharpness. So i tried again for 10 more on each side. My question is: when do i stop the honing? I would keep at it for 4 hours id i need to i feel i did not do it enough, the blade is sharp but i think it can get sharper. It does not pull like it did ATG but still... Do i rely on my feeling for the sharpness? i never had a shave ready before so i dont have any reference. Should i continue honing it with baby steps until im satisfied? Im shaved already so it will have to wait to tomorrow.

Mike