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12-15-2016, 06:45 AM #33
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Thanked: 581Have seen that but not tried his techniques.
I would regard the glass as "killing" the edge, and bread knifing for chip repair and taking out a frown etc.
Most of us have seen the edge under a microscope. The higher the magnification, the scarier it looks.
With the edge being 0.35-0.45 microns shown here, maybe molecular is not the right term, micron?
Was more an attempt to explain the concept to anyone reading the thread who hasn't heard of it. Someone explained it much better than I ever will, but can't find that post. I just see those high points as weak steel that will easily bend or snap off, giving a straighter and smoother edge, resulting in a smoother shave.
I noticed a similar effect when I first started honing from the strop, with the 3rd or 4th shave being smoother than straight off the hone. You're doing the same sort of thing, knocking off and re-aligning the fin that has collapsed from the shave. The stronger edge remains.Into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown ~ Jim Morrison