I'm sure I've brought this up before but it feels like deja vu. I've been struggling getting great edges with my 3" wide stones where if I start over on 2" hones I can easily get a great edge... I know it shouldn't matter. I've seen the threads and read the recommendations of drawing 1" line lengthwise on your 3" hone. I have tried this hone inception of honing on a hone within a hone. Didn't really drive anything home at the end of the day the hone was still 3" wide. It was all just a dream.

This problem is exacerbated by a smiling edge or one with a toe that's been ground down more. It's not that I'm not rolling my strokes on the wider hone. I am but I always end up missing the toe a tiny bit and can visually see that my stroke is off by inspecting the bevel and seeing a discontinuity in the bevel face. I.e. A second bevel starting about .5-1cm before the end of the toe which I would attribute to not rolling enough because the heel to where the hone isn't hitting (that .5-1cm from the toe, the original bevel) is evenly honed. Maybe I'm having difficulty keeping an even stroke with this extra width ?

I'm using naniwa 5-10k pro which are very fast and awesome btw but cut fast making a stroke issue end up very visible. I can't fault the hones.. only myself.
I need some advice because I'm ready to drop all my 3" wide stones in the bst and let someone who can effectively use them have at it.

Is it a mental barrier or is there truly a difference? I've put in about 6 hours this week trying different things. I learned in 2014 on a 40 and 50mm wide stone to hone. Could I have developed a stroke optimized to a thinner (width) hone? Is that even possible?

The bevel was set. Please do not give the advice to set the bevel. It's keeping my stroke even through the progression.

A bit of a rant but It's a kick in the nuts to have these nice stones and end up using a small coticule to hone start to finish... why even have them?