Originally Posted by
cosperryan
Make sure your also taping the spine while you are learning how to hone. That way you don't unnessecarily waste metal. Also if when your stropping it starts to go backward that means you need to work on the technique. If your doing it right there is no over stropping.
A sharp razor should have no trouble taking out thick hair or thin hair. Now if you have thick hair it might be harder to get a comfortable shave than if you had thinner hair but you would still get a clean shaven face if it were honed well. I am betting that you are not focusing on setting the bevel as much as you should. You should be able to clean shave your arm hair after the 1k stone. Every grit after that is just refinement and smoothing out the edge to make it more comfortable on your face.
I honestly think that you are moving to fast not knowing how it is to get a proper shave first before honing but that being said you are on the right track. It just takes time and patience and practice. Just make sure you keeping even pressure on the whole stroke and keeping the spine on the stone. You'll get there eventually.
Ill pm you about your other razor though.