The other weird thing is that even after stropping there were still quite a bit of visible scratches even after finishing with the 1000 grit stones and then stropping with bark river black and white compounds. I then took it over to my belt sander with leather belts loaded with black and white compound and the photo I posted was the result. If I had come off the belt sander with a 600 grit belt and then hit with both the black and white compounds, the edge would have been a mirror.

While I was fairly confident about raising a burr the entire length of the blade, I decided to retrace my steps and start from the beginning again. Please see the attached photo that may help describe the issue.

I received my wicked edge a few months back but have not had a lot of experience using it. The problem I am running into is developing sharpness near the heel (where the blade edge stops). Along the rest of the blade the sharpness seems to be fine but at the heel I seem to be having poor results. Is there any technique that others are using that may help me out?
Thanks,
George