Quote from: 3D Anvil on Yesterday at 05:22:29 PMI've been round the bend with this issue, too. The truth is that it's just a limitation of the current system, and there's no perfect way around it. If you draw the blade straight across, keeping the jig perpendicular to the guide bar, and only raise your elbow to bring the belly into contact with the stone--as suggested by Tormek--you will have a higher bevel angle toward the tip.I would ad to this: identify a process which is repeatable. In my book, that is the #1 key to success.
If, on the other hand, you pivot the jig to get the belly/tip lower down on the stone, there will be some inconsistency in that area, although it can be minimized with practice. However ... there are some situations where no amount of pivoting can get the tip low enough to match the angle on the rest of the knife.
These days I don't let it wreck my head. The angle difference generally isn't that extreme, and the system gets knives sharp, and quickly.