Thread: What Does it Mean, Taking an Edge too Far?

To me it means that the edge is honed to an extreme beyond what the steel is able to hold.
In other words, the very apex of the edge gets too thin, and the steel simply will not be strong enough for it.
From what I remember, gssixgun has posted some number on at what level of micron thinness that happens, but i can't seem to remember what it was right now.