I've recently gotten into the whole honing thing. I struggled at first but once I lapped the stones smoother and learned how lightly to touch them I started getting some proper results. I even managed to put a pretty nice edge on a fully blunt W&B wedge. However, I am having a couple issues:

- First is a Geneva hollow. It seems the edge has an arch to it. Laying on a flat surface, one side the belly doesn't touch the hone, only the heel and toe. Is there any way to fix this? Should I just X the edge across the stone so that the heel runs off the edge and the middle touches? I have the same issues on the strop.

- Secondly I have a German 5/8" wedge which doesn't want to take an edge. I had it repaired by Glen and it shaved nicely for 2 years with regular strop work but it was in need of a touch up. Stupidly, I thought it would be a good idea to start on the 4k and work up, which I should have just touched it up. Either way, it doesn't seem to want to take an edge and I can't figure out why. The edge does have a smile to the end of it as a result of removing a chip, so that could be confusing my inexperienced skills. Any advice?

FYI, I'm using a Norton 4k/8k and a Shapton 16k.