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I would certainly hope so! $170 down the drain. That was by far the worst newbie honing disaster I've seen here. The edge was into the "King Cutter" etch on the blade and the spine was approaching...

Same here, I probably saved a few blades that way when I starting out.

I wish I could find the thread on the brand new Boker that someone killed by honing

I have seen a few razors on here that started out as new and a newbie literally honed them to death using to much pressure and time on a 1k (or lower) where the spine looked like a completely worn...

I started everything at once as well and glad I did. I was lucky to have a VERY good honing teacher (Randy Tuttle:randydance062449) almost in walking distance from my house and I highly recommend...

I would also add, keep HAD at bay until you get very competent with the hones you have. Adding new hones to the mix can get confusing until you get a system down and it's very repeatable.