Do you find that there is much more of the lower grit honing required? I'm not sure that is the case with mine, but I have taken it through a pretty thorough progression starting at 1000, 1500, 2000, 4000, 8000, 16,000. These are honing films, not stones. I then used 1mc diamond paste and .5mc chro on a balsa strop. The toe and heel pass HHT, but the middle does not. It also is not shaving well at all.

Should I start over with this? I get the feeling that the bevel was not set right. That's the only reason I can think of why it would not be cutting along it's entire length.

Ideas?