The 1K is a very fast cutter. I don't have one, I use the 4K and using circular honing I have been able to remove some respectable nicks in a few minutes. You just have to keep at it until the edge responds. If you need more pressure apply it. At this stage your doing gross work to the edge anyway so I wouldn't worry about finessee here. I would just be checking to make sure you don't have a warp in the blade since you say both sides don't contact the hone. If you have a warp you'll never sharpen the thing unless its minimal and you can apply massive amounts of pressure along the entire blade to force it against the hone. IIf thats the case I know there are a few experts concerning warped blades here. I am not one of them.