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To me it seems in the first picture (the one on the left) the wear near the heel is significant. On the last (the other side of the razor) the wear at the heel seems less. That doesn't look like a ...

As indicated above, photos would help. Are these wedges? if not, I'm unsure how you're getting scratches on the body of the razor. My experience is that for any thing other than a true wedge only...

So I think what you are saying is that the scratches on the bevel from the bevel setting stage are remaining, which tells me you're not doing enough at the 4k and 8k stage.

I re-wet the hone...

It's really hard to say but from your post I'm assuming you know how to set a bevel (IF required) and can at least do a pyramid. If tape is coming off AND you're scratching the edge I'd guess at too...