I am just a beginner at this but I am thinking from your post that if stropping doesn't fix it you just need a touch up on a fine stone. I use a Norton 4k/8k and it does a nice job for me. I have bought some off e-bay and had great success bringing and nice shave to some that wouldn't cut butter (pattin' myself on the back). I learned everything from this forum and would suggest you look into the library for all the info you need on honing and stropping. I could ask a hundred questions back like, how long have you been shaving with it, what stones do you have, have you thought about strop and pastes, etc ? It doesn't sound like the bevel is bad though.