I recently got a custom straight in ATS 34 from a well respected maker. It wasn't arm hair popping sharp when I got it but giving him the benefit of the doubt I shaved with it anyhow. Not a good shave. I took it to the hones and went to work on it. I don't know what the Rockwell is but this thing is beating me up. I have honed on it for hours and test shaved three times with very little improvement.

I have used Nortons, Shaptons, Coticules, Eschers ........ set the bevel and re-set it with a D8E and a Shapton 1K. It is eating me up. I would send it to Lynn but I don't want to admit defeat. A few days ago I took a TI that I got from ebay and honed it up. It was about as sharp as a butter knife and took a lot of time.

The ATS 34 had me wondering if I really knew what I was doing but after hours of setting a proper bevel on the TI and some aggressive pyramids on my narrow Nortons I got it doing HHT all along the blade. Finished it on a yellow/green Escher and got a great bbs shave. No pastes or chrom ox neccessary. So I restored my confidence in my ability but if anyone has any tips on getting this ATS 34 sharp I would appreciate it.