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I'm not sure how it works but you may want to try to find someone in your area for some mentoring esp with honing.
Also UK hone miester is rather expensive compared to US.

I've been told, beginners rave about strop pastes and diamond sprays but mostly everyone will end up using finishing stones 12k or higher and never touch the pastes again YMMV.

Honing yourself with no reference point with regards to "shave ready" is not a great idea. There is a recent youtube video by Antony Esposito who is an expert shaver yet even he has just done his...