I just had 3 razors professionally honed and none of them are near as sharp as the first shave after getting them back. One is a Dubl Duck that I already had to rehone and now it's shavable. The second is a Bocker that isn't too bad but far from where it should be and the third is a Wade and Butcher that was awesome when I got it back and now I can't even shave with it.
I've watched the stropping video's, read through wiki, you tube, stropped slow, stropped fast, no pressure, light pressure.
This is a great hobbie, but the razor has to be sharp!
I don't know if there's any advise I haven't tried but if someone has something please chime in.
My other thought is, I live in Southern NJ. If anyone lives in South Jersey or Philly area and wouldn't mind meeting up and going over some techniques, maybe I can get on track.