Thread: Honing a pair of Wade & Butcher Wedges

Boy do I need help with this! I have researched the library only to become totally confused about how to hone a wedge straight razor.
I just restored two Wade & Butcher straight razors (they turned out nice) and then tried to hone and sharpen them. I spent two days with razors and they ended up humbling me to the point of total frustration.
I started off with a 1K Norton stone. I followed the posts that said try 40 circular motion laps followed by 40 straight laps to set the bevel. I spent 8 hours each of the last two days trying to set the bevel and they never took an edge. I can hone my other razors (hollow ground) to a perfect shave ready edge.


What could I be doing wrong here? Totally frustrated with these wedges...