Originally Posted by
bluesman7
I am the same. I use the TNT when setting the edge and then rely heavily on a microscope above 3k. I pay a lot of attention to the feel on the stone with the goal of getting microscope quality edges without the microscope, but at present I'm using the microscope to correlate to what I'm feeling. Teaching my full method is pretty much off of the table to someone not using a fairly high quality microscope. That makes it out of reach to the person who might want to use straights, but only if he/she can hone them themselves without a ridiculous investment in stones, equipment and practice.
For the experiment I wanted to see what I would get JUST using the burr, a 1k/6k King, CrOx, and zero optics. I did not even look at the bevel more than to see which side I wanted to start the burr on.
My interest is; "What is the minimum a person could get by with, in both equipment and training, and still get a reasonably good edge?".