I am a little confused ATM. I just finished honing a Thistle. It pops hairs off my arm, at skin level and above. However, when I try the HHT I cannot get it to cut ... I even tried to position the hair just like I do when it's on my arm. I know that the test does not confirm that the razor is shave ready, only a shave can do that. But it's irritating that I cannot complete this test. I should mention that I'm using hair off my head for the HHT, could hair from my head be that much different that my arm hair? Now that I said that, I just tried to use an arm hair for the HHT and no cut.