I've been trying to get an edge on a new wapi but I just can't seem to get it sharp.

Well fed up with the hassle of lapping and soaking the Norton I got a D8EE which is what I am trying to use to sharpen this. Add on to that previously I've not been confident with the one handed method so I've always used my other hand guiding the toe of the blade, and I've made a couple of changes which I think may be causing me problems. I'm no honemeister and, possibly stupidly, I've never had a "shave ready" razor. I've only ever done it myself but I've been quite happy with my two other blades.

It cuts some hairs but in general it just smoothly passes over the rest, no tugging though. In an effort to understand what is going wrong I just got a handheld microscope and I'd just like to check what I'm seeing.

Without the microscope I can see a nice even scratch pattern about 0.5mm wide along the edge. When inspecting with the microscope its generally a nice even scratch pattern (well it looks even to me) though there is still a little work needed in some areas, what I wasn't expecting though was an extra bright line that runs along the very edge of the blade. It is more pronounced on one side than the other. So I'm thinking is this either a wire edge or is it the two planes of the bevel not intersecting properly ?

Now being as every one was saying that the D8EE cuts as fast as the Norton 4K I was taking things slow I've not exactly counted but I reckon I've done between 50 and 75 laps (I know that is a large error but it is the best I can do) Is it that I just need to do some more passes to get the bevel established properly ?

Thanks for any help (and sorry for the long rambling post)

Barney