So I only have 1 straight razor that I shave with. I had it honed and it passed the HHT just fine. Well I stroped incorrectly on my first few stropings and after I think 3-5 shaves it no longer passed the HHT. I continued using it because it was still sharp and got the job done (also I didn't want to send it off again). I have a Swaty barber's hone so I figured I would try my luck on that. It didn't help the first time. I honed it again a few days later and it helped a little. Well a couple days ago I figured I'd try the Swaty on it again and the CrO side of Rup's Filly. Well 8 strokes on the hone, 20 laps on the CrO side, and 30 laps on the normal side later and it's back to passing the HHT! I haven't been able to gauge my progress as far as "am I honing/stroping correctly" and things like that until now, so this feels like a very big step to me.