08-04-2017, 07:14 PM
Welcome to the forum Mr. Steve. 
I’m sure you will enjoy your PT50! It’s amazing how informative the thing is. I sharpened for years without one, and now I would feel lost without it.
Everything you say makes sense to me. Subjectively people do indeed say a thinner bevel cuts better or at least requires less effort to make the cut. From my experience nothing beats a thin blade with an acute bevel for ease of cutting, and it makes sense for the reasons you speak of.
I’m wondering something slightly different and that is the sharpness of the edge without consideration of the ease of cutting something. I’m pretty sure that the answer is going to be above my pay grade, and has something to do with the properties of steel or something along those lines.
My suspicion is that for any particular type of steel there is an optimal bevel angle at which the edge can be the sharpest, i.e. thinnest.
Just curious- what kind of stuff do you sharpen?
I’m sure you will enjoy your PT50! It’s amazing how informative the thing is. I sharpened for years without one, and now I would feel lost without it.
Everything you say makes sense to me. Subjectively people do indeed say a thinner bevel cuts better or at least requires less effort to make the cut. From my experience nothing beats a thin blade with an acute bevel for ease of cutting, and it makes sense for the reasons you speak of.
I’m wondering something slightly different and that is the sharpness of the edge without consideration of the ease of cutting something. I’m pretty sure that the answer is going to be above my pay grade, and has something to do with the properties of steel or something along those lines.
My suspicion is that for any particular type of steel there is an optimal bevel angle at which the edge can be the sharpest, i.e. thinnest.
Just curious- what kind of stuff do you sharpen?