Thread: Honing poor/hard steel and bad geometry???

Hello gentlemen! First off because of SRP and meeting Brian I have successfully honed bevel set to finish stone on all my hard 62HRC plus razors 8 Harts, PRC's and Koraat razors!!! They all shave great with various finishes synth to jnat and even a coti finish in there.

Now to the question.

Can a razors edge never come together during bevel set because the steel is not right or the grind was not done properly? Meaning not matter how hard you try or how many hours you put into bevel setting the edge will not hold together because of the steel or grind? I have one Hart blade that is older by the lack or rather zero jimps, that will not bevel set as well as all the others. I can get it to pop a hair along the edge with an extreme angle and focus.

There is no frown, I honed with with out tape because there was an uneven bevel that was not allowing the edge to touch the stone.