Unfortunately my hones are narrower than the lenght of blades of my razors so i have to employ X-patten when honing. I noticed that it causes irregular metal removal from the spine. The most metal is removed from the middle of the spine and it looks "flat" there. However, this effect appears mainly on one side of the spine; the second side looks better (the abrasion effect is more regular). The irregularity of the spine translates also on bevel unevenness which in turn makes honing more difficult. There is also another thing that bothers me. Namely, when performing a stroke on the hone the the heel touches it for much shorter time than the rest of the blade. This causes worse sharpness of the heel. Can these problems be corrected or do i have to get wider hones ?