Thread: Hones, Edges and Bevels under the Microscope

Tim, thank you for all this information. The Y/G Escher is an NOS stone and boy, the difference at 200X in the appearance of this stone compared to that of the B/G vintage Escher is very clear. As you know, it is not so clear to the naked eye unless you look at the stones side by side. I look forward to seeing more great stuff in the future.

Keep 'em coming Tim as it's very interesting to see what is going on at the edge. Are you using polarized light? I'm wondering about the rainbows I'm seeing on the steel or is that a holographic or other some such effect?

Howard,

I'm currently making a polarizing filter for the light. The rainbows, esp. along the edge" are from overexposure messing with a cheap digital camera sensor.

Ivo,

I'll be at the convention with Will from Classic Shaving. I'll most likely bring the microscope and a few other toys to play with. Thanks for the idea.

Tim Z.

Originally Posted by rgdominguez

Tim, thank you for all this information. The Y/G Escher is an NOS stone and boy, the difference at 200X in the appearance of this stone compared to that of the B/G vintage Escher is very clear. As you know, it is not so clear to the naked eye unless you look at the stones side by side. I look forward to seeing more great stuff in the future.

I'm puzzled by this one. That is very yellow looking stone when every green/yellow I have seen has been a pea soup green even under magnification. It seems more yellow than the coticule.

Odd lighting perhaps?


Tony

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

I'm puzzled by this one. That is very yellow looking stone when every green/yellow I have seen has been a pea soup green even under magnification. It seems more yellow than the coticule.

Odd lighting perhaps?


Tony

That's what I thought too, Tony

1. Wow, the color!
2. Nah, it's the light

My Y/G are also significantly greener in real life, not even close to a Coticule

Cheers
Ivo

More important than the light is the white balance setting on the digital camera. If it's set to auto, it might change the white balance for different shots. That would result in huge color shifts.

Color is a moving targe with digital photos; you have to go with what looks good, often, not what is "correct."

Josh

I spoke with Tony about the picture of the coticule edge on his latest set of images. I was wondering what that gunk was on the edge of the blade. He said his test probably used too many strokes and overhoned the razor and what we're seeing there is evidence of overhoning. He also said stropping would take it off and stropping was not part of his preparation protocol for those pictures.

Whew! Had me worried there for a minute. We know from collective experience that the coticules work well and the process is to hone on the coticule and then strop on natural leather. This would be be consistent with what we're seeing on Tony's photos.