I had all kinds of trouble with the setting of the bevel. I also was using the higher grit stones. I watched mr. lynn abrams on utube and found out I should have been using the 1K then go to either the 3 or 5K then the 8 then the 12. when I did this and followed his instructions from utube I got a good edge. not as good as mr abrams but I can shave with it. watch the video and see what you think. good luck.