I've spent at least 5-6 hours on honing a new never-been-sharpened 6/8 Solingen half hollow using a Norton 4/8K stone followed by a 12K chinese stone. There's finally a bevel showing and it just barely cuts. I'm not satisfied with it. I'm running out of patience with the process.
Any ideas? I don't know what sharp is for this razor since I don't have anything to compare it to. Does a 6/8 half hollow ever get as sharp as a 5/8 full hollow? (That's all I have to compare with.) Thanks.