Hey fellas, I have a vintage F Herder razor that I'm trying to set the bevel on. This razor was absolutely virgin-- no sign of a bevel ever being set. Anyway, the spike point had been ever so slightly chipped off, so I worked it out doing circles with two layers of tape on my DMT E. Next, I went to one layer of tape, circles again until the bevel was perfectly even.

The problem is now I've done hundreds of light X strokes, but during the TNT the heel and toe ends feel perfect, but the middle third of the edge just skates right over the nail. When held up to the light, the bevel is still even the entire length of the blade.

What's going on? Should I just keep on with the X strokes?

Thanks.