I'm very new to the honing process, so I need a little input.

I have honed two ebay razors that were very dull (one with a chip) to very nice shavable edges.

I'm a little stuck on the 3rd I'm trying. It says "The Pioneer" one the tang and "Germany" and the other side. I have a norton 4k/8k combo. The blade looks to be in decent shape, but was very dull to start....wouldnt even cut you running along the blade unless you put fair pressure on it (I didnt test this theory LOL ) but it was dull. I set the bevel like I did on the other two, using a series of 20 circles on each side with pressure until it felt right on the TPT and easily shaved arm hair. Then I did pyramid and it seemed good at the end. I finished with 10 passes on a naniwa 12k. The blade looked very good in light, and treetopped my arm hair with no problem (better than the other 2 I got good shaves out of) Then I stropped and went on to the shave test. It actually shaved hair well, but felt a little "scratchy" Not tugging but Scratchy. It left my face fairly irritated. After shaving I cleaned it up, stropped it again and it still treetopped nicely. My shave angle was not aggressive and next to no pressure.

My question is, could it be that this razor is just not going to give a good shave. Or, did I not get the blade as sharp as I think it is. Or, could there be a problem I cant see with the naked eye (micro chip(s)) or something like that?

Advise?

Thanks