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    Quote Originally Posted by clarman View Post
    you are better off to spend more dollars and buy a used microscope off ebay or at a microscope repair facility if you plan to hone and or collect razors...the rs is a toy and prolonged use will make you go crazy...
    +1, this thing is a torture. I am having much more fun with a jeweller's eye-piece

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    What is the magnification on a jeweller's loupe? I'd prefer one of these if it could handle x50-x60 or better.

    Any 'real' microscope would be unsuitable, as they all rely on bottom lighting on transparent materials, with a very narrow depth of focus. The ebay/RS ones aren't microscopes as I understand them; for a razor you would need top lighting with a reasonable depth of focus, and relatively low magification, which is what they have to offer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaifa View Post
    The problem is that they don't sell in Europe nor they ship to. I tried a Spirig pocket microscope http://www.spirig.org/index.php?id=79&L=3, that seems similar, but no site sells them and the fabric wants me to send Credit Card details by fax and I don't like this.

    So, any suggestion for an item that could be bought in Europe with internet secure payment?
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    These "scopes" are also available through Amazon if that makes a difference.
    http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Micro-M...2896535&sr=8-8

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    Quote Originally Posted by Straight and loving it View Post
    These "scopes" are also available through Amazon if that makes a difference.
    http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Micro-M...2896535&sr=8-8
    This is the same one sold at Radioshack for about $10.00

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    Quote Originally Posted by zepplin View Post
    This is the same one sold at Radioshack for about $10.00

    Steve
    Exactly! But, there are no radio shacks where Kaifa lives. But, it's only a five buck difference.

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