Thread: microscope question

I agree that not knowing is comfortable. I appreciate all comments.

Originally Posted by jerry1

I agree that not knowing is comfortable. I appreciate all comments.

There is real merit in not chasing your own tail by using very high magnification when honing. You are not building a rocket just trying to learn the "art" of honing.

Bob

There is honing and then there is being obsessive with an edge which goes way beyond the reason for having the edge. Of course if you are doing a research project on how keen to get an edge before it crumbles then that's another story.

True… and there is that about honing and the source of confusion for many new honers.

They come to the web sites and see these 400X photos of edges honed on some “Oxide” film or dinosaur poop stone and think that is what need to get the sharpest, smoothest edge.

When really people have been honing for hundreds of years with one or a couple of hones without microscopes and still shaving their faces without removing skin.

Obsession is a good thing, it pushes the envelope, but very few folks drive to work in race cars… not that there anything wrong with that…

All you need is enough magnification and light to determine if you are making progress or going backwards.