I have a bedrock 604. I recently bought a LV A2 steel blade for it. I honed it up and taper the edges some. but when I use it the chips are different. first off the come out staight instead of curled. plus they just plain look different. I put the old SW blade back on and it made nice curly shavings.
I can get both to take .001 shavings. it just the A2 blade doesn't feel as good.
The A2 is set at 30deg with a 1deg micro bevel and the SW is set at 25deg with a 1 degree micro bevel. Both would clean shave my arm with one pass.
I spent a few bucks on this blade and to tell you the truth the original seems much smoother to me.
Why is this.
Bob