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Micro-chipping from too much pressure, either honing or stropping. Joint and reset the edge on your highest grit hone.

Then strop with very lite pressure. You may have to do it a few times if the...

The angle of attack is pretty forgiving as long as the razor is keen and properly honed.

Go back and look at your edge as in post no.8

If you are still having a problem, sent me your razor and...

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Send or take your razors to an experienced honer for evaluation and shave with a true shave ready edge. Sounds like you are compensating for a less than shave ready edge.

Stropping is usually an...

An hour of hands on is like 6 months of beating you head and razor on a stone.

Last night I coached a guy on stropping for maybe 15 minutes after watching him stop for 30 seconds. Made some...

Ok so, if the bevels are meeting and even, go to the 4K.

The goal is to remove all the 1k stria with X strokes on 4k, so you have even 4k stria. Do as many laps as it takes, start at 40 laps with...

So it sounds like you have all you need, except for a new strop, some quality Chrome Oxide and possibly a bit more magnification and a true high grit finishing stone, for now the 8k will work just...

First know that while Gold Dollars can be made to shave, they are fraught with problems most novice honers are not prepared to deal with.
So if you want to hone it, you may have to repair it first....