I just performed my first hone, using Lynn's Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
...as my guide, and it went pretty well. I made a mistake or two along the way as far as keeping the entire edge of my razor on the stone as I performed my strokes -- turns out it's pretty easy to lose that "balance" and lift one side or the other up -- but I became aware of that, at least, and corrected myself. Just did a shave afterwards, and I am pretty pleased. Nice and smooth. So a good first step! :)
I improvised a little, and was able to take out the nick I had put into the toe of the blade last week. Don't know if it's right or wrong, but I did this on the 1k by lifting the heel-end of the razor a little, and applying some pressure to the jagged toe, doing circles, then flipping over and doing the same on the other side of the blade. I had to repeat this process two or three times to get the nick out. Then I proceeded with the steps outlined in the video above. Seemed to work pretty well.