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Keep us updated when you get your razor back from honing! :tu

While you're correct and the OP would do well to remember this when learning to hone, it shouldn't have been all that necessary as it sounds like a stropping issue to me!:shrug:

I would send it...

+1 to everything above. Focus on learning to strop properly before before devoting your time to learning to hone. Learning to stop comes in two phases (thanks Glen), not damaging your edge, and then...