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Well, obviously you do not have all the stones necessary for a restore, or even a bevelset.
You only have three stones, all of them rather in the finishing range.

Why don´t you invest in one of...

If a perfectly mirrored bevel is what you are looking for, the Shapton 12k is a good option.
Of course you need to consider two things. First is that the Shapton 12k requires a good surface finish....

Well basically that´s what I do, even though I wasn´t aware of it until now.
I lap my finishers on my DMT 325 and 600.
The 600 leaves a nice mirror and a good, dense surface.

The Shapton 12k...

The BBW is a fairly hard stone. It does not play in the league of some Asagis (j-nats) or Arkansas, but it´s fairly hard.
Obiously the BBW is not nearly as hard as the PHIG, since the slurry is...

It might be it, but it doesn´t necessarily have to be. Give it a try and see for yourself if it´s a bad PHIG or just the surface :)

I am a defender (or inventor? I don't really know.) of the theory that the PHIG performs best (if at all) when lapped to perfection.

I came across this about three years ago when I bought my first...

I can´t recommend the people's hones own slurry either. It is quite coarse and leaves worse scratches than medium japanese naturals.
I could indeed recommend a medium or fine slurry stone made out...