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Oh, no, no...no need to apologize!

Guess one of the downsides of online forums is there is no inflection of voice or facial expression. Guess that's why smilies were invented :D I need to remember...

Regarding your comments to my post:

Every barber manual I have read recommends checking the edge of a honed straight razor with a wet thumb nail.

And, maybe you just never learned to use your...

You have all the tools.

My guess is that you either over honed (you used the thumb pad check, what about the thumb nail? Thumb nail will tell you if the edge is over honed or perfectly honed), or...