I am getting my butt kicked by a Jospeh Rodgers. I finished the resto on the blade and went to honing... nothing unusual.

The problem is I can't seem to get the bevel set without it crumbling and turning to a very bad wire edge. I set the bevel on a DMT diamond stone, then went to my Spyderco meduim and fine using a conservative pyramid.

I don't care what I do, the edge feels like (and looks like) a bread knife! Looking at the edge under a scope, all looks good as the bevel sets, then BOOM.... turns to crap. I went so far as to take the edge back down by honing at a steep angle (about 20 degrees) then went back to pyramids with no success.

Any suggestions on recovery? A few hundred passes on the fine/u-fine? This is not my razor or I'd consider a re-grind and start over.

This is really pissing me off....


Thanks,


Allen