Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
Sorry, but I think you are over-thinking this, and the device already exists. Several of us already have done these measurements with postal and kitchen scales. I know that it CAN be made more complicated, but I'm doubtful of the necessity or benefit.
Ok - fair enough. I'm a scientist so complicating things is kind of what I do...

So how do the measurements translate in something a new honer can understand and apply? What does .5 lbs of pressure feel like? What does 5oz of pressure per square inch feel like? How does one take the measurements several of us have already done and learn from them? It's not the measurements that have the value to me - it's the translation of those hard data points into transferrable knowledge.

Adam