Aargh! It burns, it burns!

[str8razr]

I've been shaving with a straight that I've honed myself for 2 weeks. Every time I shave, I get a razor burn. I know sometimes it's because I make a lot of passes with a straight, but could the cause be that the razor is not properly honed by me? The razor is fairly sharp. When it comes off the 4000, it only cuts hair with the grain at skin level. After I do a few no-pressure circles and laps on 8000, it begins to cut arm hair mid-range with some effort. Finally, after I strop it on balsa wood with chromium oxide, linen, and leather, the edge becomes so sharp, it pops hair with no effort anywhere on the arm.

With that in mind, would the reason I get razor burn is because of my honing, or is it more likely that I get razor burn because I still haven't mastered the shaving technique?

Thanks for the help.

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