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Are you honing the edges completely off of the razor (as in new metal all the way to the edge every time you use one?).

I've got some barber hones that will allow a shave like that, but others...

I don't know where the instructions for your hone might reside, but if they were available, they would probably say something like use the hone on a razor that is beginning to pull, and only use it...

The abrasive in them can be fairly coarse, and they are generally modern abrasives (that cut deep and brash). They're not intended to establish an edge, they are too brash and they'll leave a jagged...