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12-21-2016, 02:12 PM #1
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Thanked: 3215I recall much the same argument, 40 years ago, when synthetic stones were trickling in from Japan.
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12-21-2016, 03:28 PM #2
Thanks for posting! I have seen this before and he has a lot of interesting photos and blogs and ideas. It supports a lot of "common" knowledge here and as you can see it challenges some too.
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12-21-2016, 05:36 PM #3
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12-21-2016, 05:47 PM #4
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Thanked: 3222One thing for certain is that those photos contain a lot of info if they can be interpreted properly. Like anything it can be interpreted many different ways.
You really have to stop and ask yourself if all this info is necessary to achieve shave ready edge? Do you really need more info than a good 10X-20X loupe will give you to that end?
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12-21-2016, 05:48 PM #5
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12-21-2016, 07:03 PM #6
Interesting pics and blog-Those pics look like a jagged mountain range or something. I don't know how much it helps the average guy honing at his kitchen table, but it's interesting to see that extreme magnification of a developing edge. Thanks for sharing the link!
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12-21-2016, 08:24 PM #7
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Thanked: 481Sometimes. I actually just went through a bit of an issue the other day. Touched up a Germania Cutlery Works that was shaving A-OK when I set it aside a few months back. Well, it didn't look bad under a 30x loupe, so I touched it up on a Translucent Arkie. Shave improved, but still not really good. Inspection under a 60x magnifier really didn't reveal anything new either. Edges were meeting. No pits/chips/foiled edges. I did another touch up, and never did figure out just what was going on with that thing...but it shaves OK now so, I'll take it I guess?
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12-21-2016, 09:03 PM #8My service is good, fast and cheap. Select any two and discount the third.
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12-21-2016, 09:19 PM #9
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Thanked: 481I could be wrong, but I would imagine there would have to be some sort of visually identifiable flaw that kept that razor from shaving 'right.' The fact that I couldn't identify it at 30x, and again at 60x doesn't mean higher magnification than I have on hand wouldn't more readily reveal what was wrong with the edge.
I guess you could say that, because I got the razor to shave properly without it, no - higher magnification isn't needed.
But I would really like to know what it was I was missing. If I knew that, it could be avoided in the future. Since I don't really have a clue, I learned nothing from the experience outside of 'Doesn't shave, back to hones.' So there's a significant chance I'll see a similar problem in the future.
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12-21-2016, 03:29 PM #10