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Great to hear your progress! The first few shaves are always a struggle, but once you start seeing progress on the learning curve, things really start developing nicely.

No. The hanging hair test is not reliable as there are many factors that play a roll in it. As long as you are careful to strop spine leading only, your razor shouldn't need to be honed for a few...

Yes, 30 degrees or less between skin and razor. You shouldn't need to hone for quite some time either, and I wouldn't recommend trying to learn to hone until you have the shaving part down.
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Sounds like a pretty standard first shave to me.

Getting a good shave from a straight takes much more than a sharp razor, but solid technique as well. This only develops over time and...