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For me that's mostly the point of these discussions.

Though, understanding what's happening - even if it is too small to be useful in a practical sense - may some day prove to be useful in some...

True enough...
I just need to find the 5 minutes to do it.

With my stereo microscope I have observed what appeared to be rounding of a bevel from abrasive paste on a strop.
As I think about it now, it could simply be rounding of the back side of the bevel...

Also in recap: Jimbo thinks convex surfaces are stupid.

Your welcome, HNSB.

Just to clarify my above posts: neither convex bevels or concave hones are desirable, in my opinion.

I think it's there to help establish the importance of flat hones.

The one on the left could be honed on a flat hone - it will require grinding away the convex to get it flat all the way to the edge.
You would do that when you set the bevel on it. I guess the short...

Ok, so I threw together a sketch:

In the one on the left, the bevel is convex - it could be honed on a concave hone, but a straight line (flat hone) passes through the convex. That area would need...

I don't have enough time right now to make a sketch that would look any better than something my kids brought home from kindergarten.


Rephrased though:

In theory, a razor with a convex bevel...