Wow, my Bravo Necker 2 (3V) was finally getting dull, so I decided to strop. After a bit of examination, I finally figured something out- it seemed like I was taking an extremely steep angle on the strop to get somewhat of an edge.
That's when I watched one of virtuovice's videos and did some close eyeballing finally, and noticed I had a pretty good micro-bevel on this. No wonder this was a pain in the ass to sharpen! Currently in the process of taking off micro-bevel now, and it is actually fairly easy to sharpen once it is out of the way.
I haven't experienced this with my A2 steel BR's, so I guess this micro-beveling is somehow intentional for their 3V. It seems like they are doing their customers a disservice by leaving this on though, considering how much they tout the benefits of zero-degree convex grinds.
I still have a bunch of their products, and I will probably buy more, but I will probably stick to the A2 I am familiar with.
That's when I watched one of virtuovice's videos and did some close eyeballing finally, and noticed I had a pretty good micro-bevel on this. No wonder this was a pain in the ass to sharpen! Currently in the process of taking off micro-bevel now, and it is actually fairly easy to sharpen once it is out of the way.
I haven't experienced this with my A2 steel BR's, so I guess this micro-beveling is somehow intentional for their 3V. It seems like they are doing their customers a disservice by leaving this on though, considering how much they tout the benefits of zero-degree convex grinds.
I still have a bunch of their products, and I will probably buy more, but I will probably stick to the A2 I am familiar with.