Going back to a straight, Trouble laying an edge on my blade

[cannonfodder]

Good evening gentlemen. I have been lurking for a while but decided to join the masses, and ask a question.

Long ago, I use to shave with an old antique straight razor back in college. I have decided to go back to my old ways and try out a straight blade again.
Before I dove in on an expensive razor I thought I would try picking up a deal on a good condition blade on eBay. I picked up a 5/8 inch KeenKutter K10 for a song that appeared to be in good condition. The scales look new, pins are tight, and no rust or nicks on the blade, just a bit of polish to get it back in shape and a good hone to lay a new edge.

It is good and clean, looks practically new, but I having problems getting the edge to where I want it. After a good hand polish, I laid a new bevel with a 1200 stone, then a 4K to smooth it out. I picked up a Norton 6K 8K combo stone today since I could not find my old stones (no pun intended). I honed it on the 6K and then gave it a good 200 passes on the 8K to polish the edge. It is sharp, but not sharp enough, and I am stropping on an old horse hide strop (no nicks, smooth as silk). The edge will take hare off your arm like it was just laying there, but my beard fights back and I am not going to use a less than ideal blade on my face, dull is dangerous.

Any suggestions? I am thinking I need to go back a couple of steps and look at the initial bevel again. I may have not honed it down enough and I am just polishing a false edge. I think I can see a second bevel right on the edge. I can lay an edge on my hunting knife that will scare the hide off a deer but this straight razor is being a challenge. I believe the steel has the ability to take the edge and the problem is on the handle side.

I think it was a good $11 ebay deal, or did I make a mistake?