Thread: Fin: fact or fiction?

Well if you have included my quote of 'fin' within a few of my late posts, I was simply referring to the fin as the bevel.

Apologies if this is not the current buzzword to use as I haven't been on here as much lately and therefore am not up to date with current analogies.

I believe a razor has just a body and bevel which tapers into a very sharp edge. And this is backed up by use of a microscope for checking bevels during hone jobs.

When you analyze it, surely it would be impossible for an edge to achieve the Y shape due to the spine not allowing a perfect parallel plane. It is always going to be V shaped no matter what you do with the hone.

When I look at the fin of a shark, it tapers to a thin edge from the body. I used this analogy to refer to a razor. I think the use of buzzwords shouldnt be taken too seriously.