I have a beautiful Carl Rader 6/8 inox that I recently acquired but it needed to be honed.

I am not an expert at honing but I have been doing very well with my razor collection all have honed up very well and shave great comfortable and close.

This one however is giving me trouble.

Here is my progression:

Bevel set on king 1k

3k/8k synthetic stone (three guys brand)

#9 coti bout from TSS not marked for vein. Water only then finish under running water. I go by feedback and suction sensation and I felt like this one was ready.

Under magnification it looks ok however the bevel is a bit wider than I expected- it runs toe to heel and consistent, just not what I expected.

There is some hone wear but not excessive and nothing I haven't dealt with before.

I was thinking of taping the spine and starting over to see if I can get that bevel at a more acute angle. Am I on the right track?

For comparison I used the same progression on a dull (I mean flat dull so you could drag it across your finger and no cut dull) heljestrad 31 that I got off eBay. The exact same progression yielded a very comfortable shaving edge that gave me a BBS shave this morning.

I am stumped.