Thread: How sharp is sharp?

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I'm not clear about the word "jagged". Almost sounds like stropping is undesirable ?

Perhaps jagged is the wrong word. I have been looking all over for the old barbers manual with pics of what I am trying to describe. Maybe saw blade would be a better way to describe the very edge. It is certainly not a perfect 1 line of steel.
And stropping never hurt a thing, unless it just wasn't enough.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Perhaps jagged is the wrong word. I have been looking all over for the old barbers manual with pics of what I am trying to describe. Maybe saw blade would be a better way to describe the very edge. It is certainly not a perfect 1 line of steel.
And stropping never hurt a thing, unless it just wasn't enough.

They do believe in "teeth" in the old manuals but all the m'scope shots don't support this in the finished product. It is more a slightly wavy line.

It may just be semantics how we describe it but ultimately we know that an edge of a certain width, 0.45micron, IIRC , will slip between the hair cuticles & slice that stubble away regardless of the edges contours.