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  1. 06-20-2008, 04:53 PM #1
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    Screwing around with the scope at work today:

    Merkur DE blade at 200x



    Feather DE blade at 200x:


    W&B Wedge straight honed by yours truly, at 200x


    Just thought it was interesting to see the differences.
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    Jeebus, you polished that W&B something fierce!

    What hone progression and polishing steps did you use, and how is the shave?
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    Of course your not bragging.
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    Hey! You didn't take that last photo today

    making up a story to go with the porn photo, I can't believe it
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    Thanks for the pics! On the first two pics of the DE blades, are we seeing the micro-bevel rather than the ONLY bevel? Does that make sense? I have some DEs that I put under the scope, and those blades actually have a TRIPLE bevel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joke1176 View Post
    Jeebus, you polished that W&B something fierce!

    What hone progression and polishing steps did you use, and how is the shave?
    Progression:

    Hand sanding (EBay restore): 180 grit, 220 grit, 400 grit, 600 grit. Diamond hone 1200 grit, diamond lapping film 9um, 6um, 3um, 1um, Crome Ox pasted hanging canvas strop, TM apprentice strop backside, and then front side.

    Shaved with it just this morning on two days growth......



    Mmmmmm....MMMM! Mighty smooth!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrisl View Post
    Thanks for the pics! On the first two pics of the DE blades, are we seeing the micro-bevel rather than the ONLY bevel? Does that make sense? I have some DEs that I put under the scope, and those blades actually have a TRIPLE bevel.

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    The pics are all the same scale. The Feather, I believe, we are seeing the final two bevels at this magnification, and on the W&B, the bevel is 1/8" wide so we are only seeing a small portion of it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
    Hey! You didn't take that last photo today

    making up a story to go with the porn photo, I can't believe it

    The razor is 100 years old, I figure posting pics of the edge from a couple of days back isn't gonna make it go stale or something...
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    Nice pics! Very nice job on honing that W&B!
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    Honed my Dovo Renaissance.

    Pics at 200x, 500x, and 1000x

    Honed on diamond lapping film, 9um, 6um, 3um, then crome ox on a hanging canvas strop. No leather stropping yet.
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