Thread: Microbevels and razors

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Only one thing to add

It creates a built in Convexity to the edge also.. Many DE blades are Micro or Double beveled some of the Feathers actually have a triple bevel..

This allows for a Machined Convexity to the edge that allegedly makes for a stronger longer lasting edge.

My opinion flows back and forth on their use with SR's, but hey if you like the shave go for it..

That vid is "interesting" to say the least but then again Youtube is full of people using old Techniques and Old hone names and trying to re-invent the wheel and capture attention ...

This is kind of where I'm at on it. Built in convexity to me means "This is where your edge will be after you hit it with .5 Mic paste once or twice." I can't see where it would be terribly beneficial, but hey...to each his own. Long as the end user is happy with the shave how they got there isn't all that important.

3 weeks polishing the hone to .050 Micron...and I thought I was particular about the surface of my hones. I wonder how fast a razor will degrade that level of polish. On anything but an Arkansas stone or something similarly hard I can't imagine it lasts long.