Thread: Microscope use when honing

Here are a few shots from my Veho USB microscope (Veho VMS-001 200x 1.3 Megapixel; $79.95 at JR.com) taken just a few mins ago after I started to perform the marker test on an Ontario cutlery razor that was part of a batch buy. This was really just a practice razor.

The nice thing about a USB micro is that you can take and save pix and use them for reference either during the initial honing process, or later, when you might want to do touch ups.

This one turns out to have a fair amount of chipping / pitting right where the bevel is.









Another nice thing about the photo feature is that I can come back to these photos after I worked out the chips and have a gander. BTW, this was probably taken at 100x; I did not check.

I find the microscope most useful on flea market find blades. I don't bother for touching up previously honed blades, or bother when honing something new out of the box. I just use a loupe to see how the bevel is progressing with the latter stuff.