I propose that it is possible to put a micro bevel on an edge without tape and the procedure would go something like this.

I have an Asagi that I have been using and I have always been one to use a magnifier to look at my edges. It may be that this is common knowledge with a lot of you but I have not read anything about it. Recently I have been experimenting with the following;

I am using a heavy slurry on my stone using a certain amount of pressure on the edge....let us call it X. (I have actually used X pressure all the way up the progression). I then go to water with just a little slurry and I lighten up on the pressure so that the edge just barely comes in contact with the stone. When I look at the edge using a 30X scope I see that about the last 25% of the bevel is polished to a higher level than further up the bevel.

If my conclusions are correct when I was using the higher pressure X I was deforming the blade every so slightly and establishing a bevel that was at a slightly flatter angle than when I went to my final polishing using pressure that was a fraction of X, thus the little band along the edge that was different than the rest of the bevel. I have seen this when I was doing micro bevels using a 30K and films.

Am I all wet? I have been getting edges that rival any I have ever used before, even 0.1 micron films.


Just a thought,
Richard