I thought it might be useful to continue this thread.
I received Eric's razor today and what is obvious under a 10x loupe is that the edge has lots of very tiny teeth, but looking at the scratch pattern, I don't think there has been much contact with the hone. So lesson 1 is that setting a bevel does need a bit of pressure - unlike the later hones where a very light touch is required.
When the bevel is set, you should be able to see a definite bevel line - that is not the case here. Unfortunately, I don't have a cameras capable of showing that kind of detail. When I've tried to set the bevel, I'll update and describe what it looks like.