All right, I'll give it another month. gugi, thanks for the offer on the honing. The Böker's from SRD with the hone for life deal. Since it's going back to Lynn/Don for a check, I figured I'd just throw the REX in for good measure. Guess that puts me into a default straight vacation until they come back. I've also asked them to assess the edges prior to honing to give their first hand opinion on if my issues are sharpness related or something else.
Thanks all for your advice. I'll let you know how it goes.