Thread: Light

Originally Posted by JOB15

That picture is of the bevel

Ok, I'll try again. I cannot see a bevel in the lower photo. Can you see one?

Originally Posted by Utopian

Ok, I'll try again. I cannot see a bevel in the lower photo. Can you see one?

haha the pic is nothing but jnat finished bevel
Its like X400 or some thing,,microscope

Are you saying that the entire part of the blade that is visible in the photo is all bevel?

If that is the case, then the upper one with the beam of light certainly is not "a perfect edge." The angle of the bevel should be uniform all the way to the edge. For that reason the reflection of light from the bevel should also be uniform. The only way this would not be the case would be if a secondary microbevel had been created.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Are you saying that the entire part of the blade that is visible in the photo is all bevel?

If that is the case, then the upper one with the beam of light certainly is not "a perfect edge." The angle of the bevel should be uniform all the way to the edge. For that reason the reflection of light from the bevel should also be uniform. The only way this would not be the case would be if a secondary microbevel had been created.

Take a look at my earlier post http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...eam-light.html
The edges with a beam of light are the best keenest edges .
Performing AGT shave on my top lip with these blades is super smooth and stutter free cutting through dense stubble.. Around the chin ATG leaves it looking like a teenagers face who hasn't gone through puberty

I think I'm going to walk away from this one. Light reflection is based upon geometry and unless that is a microbevel, it does not make any sense to me.

Originally Posted by JOB15

,,,,,,,,, Around the chin ATG leaves it looking like a teenagers face who hasn't gone through puberty

Ahh,,, but is that as smooth as BBS (Baby Butt Smooth)?

Originally Posted by Utopian

I think I'm going to walk away from this one. Light reflection is based upon geometry and unless that is a microbevel, it does not make any sense to me.

WATCH THIS VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRMu-WEaFNE

AT 11.27 he explains the perfect edge and the beam of light

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Ahh,,, but is that as smooth as BBS (Baby Butt Smooth)?

I don't have any babies to compare

I watched the whole video,,,, I then slapped myself really hard,,,,,

The only thing I took away from that video was that the man is really enthusiastic about his edges & his new microscope.
Members here have been chasing the edge with microsciopes for a long time, I actually like looking at a well established thread on the use of scopes like this one here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...pics-200x.html
but this video was mostly promotions for equipment & individuals,,,,
,,,,
My friend , you are not seeing a "beam of light", neither is the guy in the video,,, I don't have to be a scientist to know that,,,, you are seeing a "reflection" ,,,,,big difference,,, depending on how you hold the razor & cause the reflection makes all the difference in the photographs.

As I stated earlier, reflections are useful, when observed under a loop, to give you an indication on the width of the bevel from toe to heel & for spotting "micro bevels" established by different grit level hones.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I watched the whole video,,,, I then slapped myself really hard,,,,,

The only thing I took away from that video was that the man is really enthusiastic about his edges & his new microscope.
Members here have been chasing the edge with microsciopes for a long time, I actually like looking at a well established thread on the use of scopes like this one here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...pics-200x.html
but this video was mostly promotions for equipment & individuals,,,,
,,,,
My friend , you are not seeing a "beam of light", neither is the guy in the video,,, I don't have to be a scientist to know that,,,, you are seeing a "reflection" ,,,,,big difference,,, depending on how you hold the razor & cause the reflection makes all the difference in the photographs.

As I stated earlier, reflections are useful, when observed under a loop, to give you an indication on the width of the bevel from toe to heel & for spotting "micro bevels" established by different grit level hones.

OK here is my brothers razor I just honed..
I checked with scope between the Shaptons and the shobu and then the nakayama, no beam of magical light... Until 100 laps on my Kanayama then Bingo the light appears ...
It does signify a true edge , I say that because I just did the tree top arm hair test and it is sickening , every hair falls effortlessly in half..
Send me you razor and I will prove it lol

I'm not saying Dr.Matt is amazing or anything , I'm just saying he is the only person I've found that refers to this beam of light and he says its a super refined edge.
I agree with him. Maybe you need the microscopes we both have to see this light?