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Just realised I'd already replied to this thread, sorry...

[QUOTE] ..."Back to my questions: how do I know the blade is properly sharp? Is it possible to trash a professional hone with poor stropping - even if I'm not cutting the leather or banging the blade...

Yeah, that's lather that's too dry in my experience...It's amazing how much water some creams can hold. Of course too much water can affect cushion, but I'd rather have too little cushion than a dry...

I'm a complete idiot with tools, I use a cast iron doorstop as a hammer, have about three screwdrivers, 5 spanners and 1 rusty electric drill to my name make a mess of every handyman job I tackle...

Yeah, what tekbow said, I never use the HHT, after all, I don't want to use a razor to cut hanging hairs, I want to use it to cut hairs on my face :-)

Issue may be, as you stated, stropping...