Thread: Missing the Edge

I've been honing this 5/8" Wostenholm. This is my 3rd try at it. I'm able to shave with it when I'm done, but I can tell it's not a good job that I did. I am using a 1000 grit Chosera, and 5000, 8000, and 12,000 Super Stones. I have sprays and pastes that I use on my modular strop. But all these nice things, and I still can't produce a really nice edge - I get too much pulling and tugging.
My sister just got a USB Microscope. I used it to see what was taking place on my blade. It looks to me, from the light glinting from the very edge of my razor, that somehow I'm not hitting the extreme edge. The rest of the bevel is nice and shiny, but at the very edge, I think I'm missing it. If that is indeed true, what do I do to correct it? I thought about adding tape, but that would be kind of 'cheating'. I should be able to hit the edge without it.
So if you could check out my kind of poor pictures, and make something out of them, maybe you could help me out?
BTW, the pictures only show how the edge looked after going up to #8000 and stropping. After that I thought I'd see how I was doing before going up to the #12,000 grit SS. When I saw the edge, it didn't make sense to go up if I'm not hitting the whole edge.