Try jointing the blade on the 30k shapton and then drawing the edge toward you very lightly 3x. You won't need to strop and the edge is awesome as a shaver.

There are many schools of thought about honing. I like to think of honing as a progressive process going from coarser to finer. Unlike yourself I haven't found that finer hones make a wider groove but instead a narrower groove as the abrasive particles are smaller (mesh size). As I move out to 8k, 16k, and 30k, the pressure on the edge gets lighter and lighter as the edge of the blade is getting thinner and thinner. I also use a side sharpening technique for that reason.

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