I'm new here too, but I just finished honing my Wade and Butcher so I'll add what I just learned to the mix.

As Stubear said, I didn't feel like the 8000 was taking anything off the blade, so if your bevel is off, you're going to need to hit the 4000 a few more times. Second, are you doing the pyramid technique when honing? I found that worked like a charm. My razor originally wouldn't take arm hair off without pulling it really, really bad. After honing it for a good while (Take your time and be careful not to put the edge into the honing stone like I did a few times with uneven pressure), and stropping it, it takes my arm hair off with alarming ease.

Biggest thing. Take your time, watch what you're doing, don't bugger it up. Otherwise you're right back to square one again. Hope that helps a little.