Hmmmm..
Although I am also part of the "Overhoning is not an worrisome issue club" and have been since before Tom ever picked up a Straight Razor
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...er-honing.html
You have to understand that history of the entire issue first when applied to Straight Razors..
Back in the Dark Ages of SRP :) Overhoning was a word that got tossed out after near every post that said "I honed my razor on my Norton 4/8 and it won't cut, what did I do wrong??? " That was answered by a statement of "You probably overhoned it"
In contrast that is now normally answered by the statement "The bevel probably isn't set correctly"
What changed ??? Please don't take my word for this simply drop back to 2008 or a bit earlier in the archives and read for yourself...
There was a push from a few of us to prove the "Unset Bevel" theory, it went so far as offers being made to new honers that some of us were setting the bevels on their razors and then letting them simply finish the razors.. The 1k Shaving challenges.. all kinds of threads and pics
You also have to understand that back then it was a challenge to get people to accept that Progressive honing as in 1-4-8-finisher in a row worked, and that you did not HAVE to do pyramids to prevent overhoning.. The honing information for straight razors has come a long way in a short time but then again this hobby has exploded in a few short years.....
Around 2008ish people began to accept that a poor bevel set was more of an issue then an overhoned edge :)
Ok there was a little history lesson :p now back to whether you CAN overhone ???
What Tom is saying in the article is true to an extent, but it is not taking pressure into account, it is also not giving enough words to the steel itself (read Oakeshott's post #8 which is a much more detailed way of saying "Carbide Popping" )...
Perhaps it is better said that one can "Incorrectly" hone a given razor :D and cause a Harsh Fragile Chippy edge that is uncomfortable to shave with and tends to fail quickly...
The real problem is in the Term "Overhoning" because it is used for a host of different problems and is not clearly defined but in defense of the term it came from multiple sources many years ago... Barber's manuals and Barber's Hones often warn of the issue yet never clearly define it..