How to clear out low spots near the point?

[Qapla']

How does one clear out low-spots in the grind near the point? Especially low-spots that are on the upward side of the point. (I'm not sure if those were part of the original grind, or if I ended up accidentally creating them.)

So far I've been trying to create even wear along the area closer to the edge via focusing on the "pull"-side of the stone-passes and putting the fingers close to the edge, like when attempting part of hamaguri-ba, but it's slow going if at all.

 

[user 16756]

these are extremely common IME.

the geometry near the tip can be really complex. if you want my honest opinion, I would just leave it and you'll get it eventually as you sharpen the knives.

the "right" way to do it depends on your perspective. if you want to mostly retain the original geometry, keep removing evenly and youll hit it once you lower the rest of the bevel enough. if you are focused on getting to it looking good faster, you can effectively change the geometry around the tip by lowering from the tip backwards, think about if you wanted to plane a new curve into a block of wood basically. JMO but you are unlikely to do a particularly good job of that the first few times you try it so depending on how much of a learning experience youre willing to make this project should determine which of those two you go for if youre not just willing to let it be.