Thread: Razor mistake

As I understand it, the steel just crumbles as you keep honing. Get close enough to a sharp edge and the grains of metal on the leading edge just fall off. Much like a dog chasing it’s tail or a donkey striving to get that carrot dangling in front of his snout, the reward that will perpetually be just one step away but never happens.

thanks to all who responded to this inquiry and thanks for the science lesson, that is what I needed to understand.