Thread: Interesting Blog about Edge Development.

Originally Posted by BobH

Yup, those are good points. I have seen beginners jump on the high magnification bandwagon from the get go and drive themselves crazy trying for the perfect edge under high magnification. In some cases when you see something under high magnification that you believe looks like a problem may not, in reality, be a problem. I have gotten smooth comfortable shaves from blades that when looked at under 10x-20x mag reveal some very slight imperfections in the edge. Sometimes good enough is good enough.

Bob

Agreed, and that is why the shave test should always be the guide and definitive factor. If it shaves, let well enough alone.

Originally Posted by Marshal

Agreed, and that is why the shave test should always be the guide and definitive factor. If it shaves, let well enough alone.

Yes sir, but who can do that.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Yes sir, but who can do that.

Bob

Judging by history...not this guy lol.

Come on 99 percent of what we do here is over kill.

Spend days, weeks hand sanding a pitted razor…

Point is if you want to and enjoy doing it, what’s the harm?

i never meant to suggest extreme magnification is necessary or even useful in honing a razor. Too much is just like chasing a compass, you get bogged down by the minutia & never get anywhere. It's just interesting that the guy took pictures of his razor in an sem after each hone. Pretty pictures that help illustrate how scratches and the apex are slowly refined at each stage. I know it's hardly definitive as we only get to see 0.01mm of one blade hone by one person on one set of hones.

That being said I do believe just like Euclid said that some higher magnifications can be useful as a learning tool or possibly as diagnostic tool but not for every day use, and certainly not 5000x.

Nuff said on magnification as it is another subject similar to the "old tape or don't tape the spine". Like everything else in this sport you use what works for you.

Bob