Thread: How's that edge holding up?

Tried doing a shave by shave log of the edge on my WorldMaster.

First pic is the edge finished to 1um and then given some laps on chromeox hanging strop.

2nd pic is after the first shave (used Hand American 830 strop)

3rd is after second shave (used Dovo white pasted canvas with vintage Suntourbach horsehide leather)

#4 is after 3rd shave (TM latigo)

#5 after 4th shave (Suntourbach again)

The shaves were all excellently close, as a result I only shaved once every two days.

Then I ran out of patience, and touched it up again to 0.1um diamond. Pic#6. I'll give that a go next shave...

That is a very very interesting experiment!
Thanks for publishing it!

I use a 20-200* microscope myself to study the edge and bevel.
But to have actual photos on my computer for future reference would be really neat.
May I ask what you are using to shoot and transfer the pictures?

By the way, I think my edges looks kinda similar to picture number 1.
That's after a round on the 12K Naniwa SS and a few strokes on the ,25micron pad. and regular stropping after that of course.

Again, thanks for sharing

Ebay bench scope, with EBay USB camera.

Thanks, mate.
I'm off to the bay

Great photos as usual.
Even with my pip-squeak 10X loupe I've noticed how stropping seems to muck up a flawless, freshly polished bevel. I would love to see the same test with the same series of photos except this time don't strop. The purpose would be to see if any edge deterioration is visible at 100X. The stropping seems to change things too much so that the edge effects are less apparent.