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    Quote Originally Posted by pipeguy View Post
    I agree with you, about how do you know when you've gone past a great edge. I too own a scope to help me see what I'm doing, or not! Yea Dr. Matt has influenced me some too, but I am I wrong to believe that the smooth bevel extends right off of the edge? If so then the smoother the surface the cleaner (less "toothy") the edge? As you see I'm new to this also and am really enjoying these forums. I am also learning more about slurries too.
    Im starting to think that the whole bevel isnt where the magic happens, its rite on the edge were the 2 metals meet.
    Then best edges with the least microchips or teeth come from Jnat usage, i've noticed.
    I still am yet to try the dry slurry finish and also the enhanced .10 slurry.
    I received my Ken Schwartz .10 CBN slurry today ,so i'll try it at the weekend.
    Although i find it hard to believe i can get better edges than im getting at the moment.
    Every shave i have now is the best shave ive ever had, thanks to my Jnat.

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    I have talked with Dr. Matt a few times and sent a razor off to him last month along with my finishing stone. Reason being is he put a great edge on it so I will have some point of reference when I work on my other razors. It has helped a lot. So my next step is to contact Ken and get some stuff from him. I'm looking forward to hear how that goes! Thanks again..practice practice practice!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pipeguy View Post
    I agree with you, about how do you know when you've gone past a great edge. I too own a scope to help me see what I'm doing, or not! Yea Dr. Matt has influenced me some too, but I am I wrong to believe that the smooth bevel extends right off of the edge? If so then the smoother the surface the cleaner (less "toothy") the edge? As you see I'm new to this also and am really enjoying these forums. I am also learning more about slurries too.
    The qualifier is not that there are scratches in the bevel but how deep they are. If you have 1k scratches remaining at the time you finish there may be problems with the edge & you needed to do more intermediate honing not polishing.
    If you have 8 or 12k scratches which are very prominent under a scope, no biggy.

    IME I found that until I got shaves with a scratchy looking bevel that rivalled the most polished edge I thought it was necessary to keep polishing tho some razors, eg stainless, will sometimes benefit from extra polishing time.
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    OK..That makes a lot of sense! Thanks..gives me a much better idea of what to look for and what I'm doing too!

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