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You shouldn't eat up a lot of steel on a 5k & upwards stone. Even if you 'practice' a lot, practice the light strokes required for finishing. There's just no reason to use the same pressure as used...

Sometimes, if I'm not 100% happy with an edge just honed, I'll drop back a stone or 3. In the past I could more often attribute problems to the bevel set but one can muck things up further along...

I hope that means you have no difficulty setting an optimal bevel.
The end game you ask about is always about finesse , minimal strokes on your final stone & of course, stropping.
It's actually...