So it's been quite some time since I got this razor, but I finally was able to come across a bevel setting hone that I picked up. Worked with this razor on it yesterday, and after setting the bevel, I ran it through my coti routine.

Had a shave with it this morning, and to be honest, I didn't expect it to do very great since this is the first I've used the Norton 1k and the first time I've set a bevel on a razor. I had my Ralf Aust sitting by the sink as my backup to finish the shave.

After the first pass, I was about to grab the Aust, because I didn't feel this razor doing anything at all. Went to rinse my face, and wow! It did an excellent job and I didn't even feel like it was cutting any hair. Finished up with a full 3 pass shave and didn't feel anything, even ATG! Got done, zero irritation, and complete BBS! Very minimal burn with the Clubman after I cleaned everything up.

I think I found a great one here...that was probably the smoothest shave I've had from any of my razors to date (about 2 yrs of straight shaving now). I also think I'm now hooked on honing myself. Between the Norton and the Coti, it gives me a lot of hope that I can do this. I've also got a Zulu stone, but haven't had much luck with that one yet.