Trouble honing Wester Bros Wedge
Hey Fellas,
A little while back I bought a Wester Brothers Manganese Wedge 5/8ths in nice shape. My first hone on the thing, I was having some trouble getting it sharp. 4k, 6k, 6k with 8k nagura slurry, 12k....Finally I got it close to where I wanted it and finished it on the coarse leather with Chromium Oxide, then fine leather and it was pretty good, but I wasn't satisfied. I mean, it shaved hair, but I felt it could be better.
So tonight I took it back to the 12k Chinese river stone and the edge just turned to crap, won't even cut arm hair when begged.
Are wedges hard to nail initially? I don't want to have to take it back to the 4k stone to reset the bevel ( but may have to?) I don't want to grind it away, it's a nice little blade!
Any pointers?
thanks
David