Did a bit more honing and I'm starting to find good steel but only spots of it. There might be hope for this one. Also, lol yes I sharpened it at a 22.5 degree angle to see if it would take an edge period, because it wasn't taking an edge at a normal razor angle. Just a little experiment to confirm my suspicion that the steel was damaged. It's also possible I gave up to early on the bevel so I'll keep that in mind, but I don't think that's the problem.