Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Don't get me wrong Sham, I'm not knocking what you're doing. I just don't quite understand it. It reminds me of the guys when I first came around who talked about polishing the edge until there were absolutely no scratches. I read that and figured that must be what I'm supposed to do.

Then I got razors honed by Lynn, Glen, Josh Earl, Joe Chandler, Livi ..... and they were shave ready to the max and had a scratch pattern. A pronounced scratch pattern. So I figured out that, for me, getting the razor sharp was the paramount objective and that putting a scratch free bevel on display, as it were, was not something to be concerned with.

Of course we want an edge that will stand up to use after honing but differing bevel angles is something that has never been something I've examined. Interesting topic. Thanks for bringing it up. As far as being crazy .... Sham I've always thought you and I are the only sane people on SRP and sometimes I'm not sure about you !
Jimmy i always thought angle of the blade depends spine and edge.
it is mostly will stay same as you hone spine and edge wears same time.
Now i have nothing against it.
This is the easiest way to explain.
lets say you hone and finish edge without taping.
stones are X and next is Y.
you check the edge you see X edge is how it should be but
then you check Y and see edge looks like you have used tape when you hone this blade in fact you are not.
now i am thinking why in the world Y stone should act this way?
sharpness of the both blades almost same.
This is new to me and i don't understand so far.
i am thinking this may be the big reason some Japanese stones are so expensive.
why type edge they produce.