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For clarification, the knife I was talking about were the center clamping worked was the Spyderco PM2.  Were would a good place to put the clamp on that blade? 

Oh, ok.  Thank you, I will try that out.

Ok, I am having better luck with both the sharpening and the polish on the edges.  It helps not to have very wide bevels like I was running, and also to have the knife clamp set as close to the center of the blade as possible, to get an even edge bevel.  Fresh honing compound also helps with the polish on the edge.  I am really enjoying using the Tormek T-4, as you get a decent level of sharpness in a small amount of time.

Ken and kwakster, thank you for the help.  I will keep working on it.

Nice work.  What I am trying to do is get a mirror edge with the SG-200 and the honing wheel.  I was told it was possible, and have gotten pretty close myself.

No problem, it was my fault as I assumed from the previous posts in the thread that it was obvious that is what I was doing.  I often forget that other people aren't thinking the same thing as I am, so I apologize for not explaining what I was doing.

Here is the exact same knife with the same edge, just different lighting:





Here is the image with the lighting showing the scratch pattern:



Happy? 

I wasn't trying to show off my mirror edges.  I am trying to show the difference between the results I am getting from the Tormek and one on the fixed system I have, so I used camera angles that caught the scratch whole scratch pattern, like you can see was done on your shot were you can see the scratch patter at the heel of the blade. 

Ken,
I have watched a few of those video's before also, and it is great stuff.  It helped me a lot when I was just getting the basics down, and even though I still have a large way to go as far as learning to use the Tormek, those tips are still useful to rewatch.  The use of pressure is very important, especially when reprofilling a knife.

Here is a knife that is thin behind the edge and has a thinner bevel, and it has a mirror edge from the T-4:

I watched the T-4 Bushcraft video, and that is how I use the machine:
https://youtu.be/NXYBimqrGAE

Here are some pictures I took:

Early Torkmek mirror edges:




Later Tormek mirror edge:


Fixed System mirror edge:

Thank you, I will give it a look.

Ok, I got the freehand honing thing figured out, so I can deburr cleanly.  Thank you everyone.

Ken,
I will try and take some pictures of the results I had, and what I am getting now, maybe that will help figure things out a little.