Bright idea gone wrong

[Jason Grace]

Ugh, I had the bright idea of stropping my S30v after I already had it shaving sharp. It can always get better was my thought, but it's turned into a skill building morning and it's still not back to where I had it originally. If I am going to go through the trouble of resharpening (because I absolutely destroyed the edge on my strop) it has me questioning the bevel angle and should I be trying to get my thick blade (.164)as sharp as my much thinner 8Cr14Mov Emerson flipper? My thought is that in going fine it will be more prone to chipping due to the hardness, would I be right in my assumption?

 

[ATJ999]

For me, I am more than happy with 20DPS with my EDC folders and small fixed blades, and 25DPS or convex with my very hard use machetes. I have no problem getting them hair popping sharp at that angle and they slice well, along with good toughness, edge stability, and edge retention. Easy to touch up free hand once I get that set angle too.
For me, I don't care much about getting the thinnest possible edge, I would rather have toughness. Nothing more annoying to me than getting a big chip or ding on the edge, and trying to grind it out after. IMO Everyone is different though.

 

[Jason Grace]

I believe that it would be a better slicer at 20-22 than 25-28, but I have a little smith jig and a few stones but I'm not that good freehand yet. I got the edge back to shaving sharp by taking the grind to 25 then just taking my time with a very fine stone at 30 with a bit of convexing, would I be better off with a flat 25 vs a convex? My goal is sharpeness but overall retention. Thank you for your input.