It depends on so many factors. What types are you growing, how much sun they get, water, fertilizer, soil makeup, etc... If they've produced before, what has changed since then? The double nubbing is a good sign, but they could never develop, or not until next season. If they are otherwise very healthy, even that could be the issue. I've found that my plants often come to their senses and start making figs after a little trauma. One spring a deer nearly clean all the leaves off one tree and that season it produced the most figs. Sorry for the lack of specific help.

one I know is a brown turkish. I would think the hack back I did last Nov would have been trauma, but ...

I'll try yelling at them tmrw.

One thing I've read that helps fig plants set fruit is to nip the tip after a branch set about six or so healthy leaves. I've never had to do it though.

I've been doing this. We'll see.