Thread: The perfect bevel..

Nothing wrong with a secondary or micro bevel, some believe, it is a stronger bevel as the actual angle is fatter with more steel behind it.
And some, mostly tool folks who hone a lot, daily in some cases, see it as a waste of steel to correct, just for appearances.

If you continue to hone with the same amount of tape, eventually the secondary bevel will become the primary bevel.

While I can see how the grind could alter the width of the bevel, by altering the thickness of the edge steel without changing geometry.

Intentionally altering geometry by changing the thickness/height of the spine, does affect the width of the bevel, as we easily see by adding tape. Altering either of these two points in thickness and will affect the width of the bevel.

Don’t know if changing the grind, changes the bevel width more… as so few of us do re-grinds and compare bevels.

How a bevel looks, single or double bevel, thick or thin, has nothing to do with how it shaves, it’s the edge that matters and in extreme cased, the angle, which is really pretty forgiving.