It's a old blade,mbut I don't think it is catching. I'll double check.
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It's possible. I've had it for a while, and it was a bit of time, before I started taking real precautions around the sink (I had dinged the Dovo, my first blade). Good idea on closing it mostly, when laying it down. I usually lay it on a towel, except when I'm done, and starting to clean up, after shaving.
Looks like I'll need to learn to hone this one...
I received the cheaper microscope from eBay just today. How do you guys deal with the reflection of the led lights on the blade? No matter what angle I try the interesting parts are burned out with too much light...
Try dimming the light on the microscope. Or bring up the background/ambient light in the room. I found that putting flat black cardboard behind the razor helps. See that Wirm has Black duct tape behind his.This will aid in absorbing light. Lastly focus on a point away from the edge and see if that helps with reflected light brightness.
Haha, it's a cheap generic Chinese one. Sold as 50x-500x but how would I know. It looks exactly the same as the 20x-200x model :) Either way, I can capture 11mm or 1.1mm in one screen. Now I need to play with the lighting and maybe use a SLR tripod...
I just plugged it in my Macbook Pro and took shots with Photo Booth app. Worked like a charm!
And now I can map my beard with 50-500x more accuracy!
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