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Assuming your razor is shave-ready, pay attention to the blade angle. Keep it to about 20 to 30 degrees and keep the area you are shaving taught.

I would think the chips would not dig in, since the space is above the skin. The chips in your photo seem normal to me. When you get too many chips, you might have to hone it.

I don't know the grit of a barber hone. If it is a very high grit, it may take a very long time to get them out.

I just decided to try my hand at honing again (my first attempt a few months ago...

Those tiny nicks look like the ones I get all the time. It looks like a tiny square piece chipped off the edge. Even when I get a professionally hones razor back, there may be one or two still...

Do the tiny nicks look like missing teeth? I get them all the time. The more I shave, the more nicks I get. They are visible to the naked eye, but I only get it honed if I get too many. A few tiny...