Good thing this is in the advanced honing topics section because what Randy just told you about definitely belongs here.....
The 9 part series that Heavyduty posted the video's of, has a quick demo of the rolling X stroke in there that would be worth watching....
On those heavy smiling wedges I always tape the spine, if your going at this without tape, I will admit here and now your more of a MAN than I, thats a lot of hard steel to remove to get the bevel established.....