Are these microserrations?
Hi All
Well I got my Radioshack microscope today, and had loads of fun at work magnifying everything. When I got home I used it for what I really wanted it for. A brand new Weyersberg 7/8 barber notch that was shaving rough, even though the (trusted) source had honed it. Sure enough, under the micsorscope it was a mess.
The edge had chunks missing out if it, I guess that these are what are referred to as "micro serrations"? Invisible to the naked human eye, but at x60 mag, they were very clear chunks of metal missing. They looked like little bite marks - sounds silly I know...
I rather bravely took it to the 1000grit (it was a very expensive knife) and re set the bevel, and took to the TOS. There were still a couple of chunks so I rinsed and repeated. Finished up on the coticule and under the microscpoe things look a lot smoother now.
Couple of passes on the pasted strop, and a shave test tomorrow morning - will report.
Thanks for comments about microserrations...
Si