I am new to honing razors. I am currently using the Norton 1K/4K/8K progression followed by CrOx on balsa wood then strop on kangaroo hide. The edge is very sharp but not consistent from heel to toe. My stroke is mostly straight down the stone. I see a smooth line of water pushed in front of the edge along the whole lenght and I am careful to maintain good edge/spine contact but the heel of the blade is noticably sharper than the toe. A transision seems to occur about mid lenght. The two razors I am using now are a Red Imp 132 and a Union Cutlery wedge but I have a similar issue with hollow ground and heavier wedge razors. Will more of an X crossing stroke produce a more consistent edge or is there something else I should change?