I've got a razor really giving me fits. It's a near full-hollow ground W&B (sorry, I don't have any pictures). Just a very basic, 6/8 spike point straight edge (no smile or major geometry issues). Very thin grind though.

Anyway, I can get a bevel set on a Chosera 1K using circles and then finishing up with x-strokes. Everything is good: even water displacement, undercutting across the entire blade, thumbpad test feels sticky the whole way across, and popping arm hair. Things look good under my loupe

Then, I move onto the next stone, 5K Naniwa SS (I don't have the 3K--so the 5K is all I've got to work with) and I almost immediately start losing the bevel with just about 10 x-strokes on the 5K. The stickiness is gone from the thumbpad test and its not popping hair. Can't really discern anything with my loupe, and water displacement and undercutting are still good, but the bevel edge from the 1K seems to be gone in just a matter of a few strokes.

Has anybody experienced this? Ideas on what the problem might be? Too much pressure? Not enough pressure? Do I need to try another stroke? Skip the 5k and go straight to the 8K and just stay on that stone for a long time?

I think this one is just going to require a lot of patience and experimentation, so the more suggestions you have the better. Thanks!