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Ah yes. More tempering and at a higher temperature. That'll make it manageable.
If you haven't tempered it enough, honing it is more like whittling away your hone than removing steel.

It's not that 52100 is not good, but it is complete overkill and does not have shaving advantages compared to say O1 or even plain high carbon steel. Sure, 52100 is much tougher, which really has no...

Yes, I've used it, and yes, after heat treating it is extremely hard to grind / hone.
Which is why I don't like it much for razors. For knives, I admit it makes sense to use 52100 if you're making...