Good morning everyone from Munich!
My name is Nick, I´ve just registered on this forum and I am completely a newbie regarding straight razors.
I would need your help for some very basic questions and I hope to find someone so patient to help me on this Also, I hope that I am posting in the right place as I couldn´t find any other sub-group for "sharpening".

So here´s my biggest problem right now: sharpening my razors.
I bought a couple of entry level razors to practice (single edge hollow cut). As I am just starting, I thought to buy something basic to develop my skills first and then move into more serious tools. I also bought a Bacher Premium Grinding Stone Double-sided 3000/8000 and a 50" leather strop.
I then looked on hundreds of videos on Youtube on how to properly prepare the grinding stone and sharp the razors. Suggested techniques are very different and despite each one claims to be "THE best one", many of them are pointing at quite opposite ways of sharpening.
For me made no difference as I tried them all with very poor results: my razors are even less sharp then when I started! I tried to experiment many changes in the process (inclination of the blade on the grinding stone, speed of motion, direction of motion, number of times I passed the blade on the stone, etc.) Eventually, it never worked out.
Currently the razors are completely unusable.
I understand that sharpening is more an art than just following a checklist; however I guess that I am probably doing something fundamentally wrong in the process, otherwise at least one technique should have worked!
I can post videos/pics if it can help.
Any advice or idea on what I could try to have a sharp blade? what could be the most important factor to pay attention to? any consensus on what is the most effective technique to have a razor perfectly sharpened?

Last question (maybe a silly one): is it even possible (and reasonable) the expect a final result where the straight razor is sharper than safety razors??

Please let me know if you need any further details and thank you for helping out!
nick.

p.s. I cannot shave since the beginning of the lockdown..... HELP!!!!