Here's the short of the story: I have a 4/8 full wedge/near wedge that I initially just wanted to touch up. I bought a Norton 4/8K and went at it one night, definitely haphazardly. I don't know if it was taped when the seller honed it, but I went with tape the first time. A further mistake I made was not lapping my stone before I used it

Now, nothing I do seems to take an edge. I have watched gssixgun's video on using the Norton, and just spent like an hour trying to do circles on the 4K side. I also started with tape, but I could definitely feel that nothing was being cut. In fact, I'm sure only metal was being removed near the tang.

So I took the tape off.....big mistake? More metal was definitely being removed then, but there is a "flat" spot at the heel that just will not sharpen. There looks to be quite a bit of hone wear on the spine also, from either before me or I made it worse.

Am I doomed? What should I do with this thing? Be gentle on me please, this is my first time....