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Well, as you said in your OP, your timing on running into this is perfect. Glen has said; "Honing is easy, until it isn't". There is a lot of nuance that is hard to convey in text or even video that...

My guess is that when you honed out the chip at the toe, you created a slight smile and your subsequent honing did not address the smile adequately. Were you using x strokes throughout the honing?