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You mentioned that you noticed that the tape had worn a little. As that happens, the spine gets closer to the hone and the edge lifts away from the hone. To prevent this, you need to occasionally...

OK, what is your 12k hone?

Let's start with that and see if we can't get you a shaving edge off of that.

It might work, and it might not. Some people have had success with off-brand knife hones and others did not. Some of the latter only figured out that the hone was at fault after they bought another...