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Sounds like you got a bad honer. You should strop before every shave at the very least. Most guys do it before and after every shave. I have never had a pro honer tell me or seen any of them on here...

Another thing to think about is that with a traditional SR you need different angles then with a shavette.

My guess is that you are using a pretty steep angle from the time you spent shaving with...