Originally Posted by
Euclid440
Don’t give up yet.
A couple things are happening, 1. The razor has some issues that require some technique, as Glen says… gymnastics.
2. Once you alter the edge by bread knifing, it is no longer a straight touch up or just a re-hone, it is now a repair and with that come additional issues and technique, to identify and overcome them.
3. It is a pressure issue. Knowing when, how much and how to use pressure comes with experience. Not knocking the OP, but folks touch up a razor by doing a couple laps on a finish stone, all goes well and then say “Oh, this ain’t so hard”.
There is no way I know of describing to someone in writing, how much pressure to use.
90 percent of honing is identifying problems.
So don’t give up yet…I think you are real close.