It probably has nothing to do with the effect you are seeing but generally you hone a greater angle on top of the factory angle. I do it all by feel but (and I have my Wooden Boat magazine article on the subject here in front of me ) you could hone secondary angle of about 30 to 35 degrees in the blade and that may make it a more pleasurable experience for you.

Good Luck with it
Chip

PS Stanley (England) and Kuntz also make them

: Thanks for the link.

: That's what I did, but not quite that much.

: The problem seems to occur mostly with narrow shavings, such as when
: chamfering edges.

: The blades is sharpened at the factory angle (25 degrees?), so I assume it's
: OK.

: I couldn't think of any valid reason for the poor cap to blade fit, but
: wasn't sure if it was intentional. Tonight, it hits the grinder and
: stones!