Quote Originally Posted by mainaman View Post
Where you do not have bevel the steel has a dip , it was ground more than the rest of the blade.
Another possibility, that I did not think of initially, is the blade is not straight and the middle does not touch the stone, you can check that by laying on a flat surface.
The bevel doesn't sit flat when I'm honing on one side...ie. the middle is raised on one side just slightly so I have to apply a little pressure to get it to touch the hone and on the reverse side, I have to roll around that spot to hit the rest of the edge.