Thanks for the tips, both Chris and Brian. I'll do some more work tonight to see if I can improve. I have an idea of what I might be doing wrong after both of your comments. Brian's on a final light touch with the fine grit Sharpmaker rod, and Chris' about the fine edge flopping from side-to-side as you sharpen. I can feel that bead moving from side to side BTW, I think my problem is in finally getting rid of it at the end. I'm probably not getting rid of it - instead only straightening it out so it's sticking out in line with the blade. What I'm reading into your answers is that I might be using too heavy of a hand, or too coarse of a stone, in my final work. So I'm bending that final bead into alignment with the blade as opposed to filing it off. I'll go at this theory tonight and see what I can do. I'm not too worried about possibly trashing my Vapor. The silly thing was only $19.95 at WalMart if I remember. I was impressed with the smoothness of it's opening, which was a major reason why I bought it. I'm sure WalMart still has more should I royally screw this one up...

Thanks again - I appreciate it!