Originally Posted by
rickytimothy
As an aside, I just had the opportunity to compare my Belomo 10x loupe with my Chinese "30x" loupe.
It is really impressive how much clearer the Belomo is. Turns out the Chinese is clearly also 10x, as everything looks to be exactly the same magnification between the two of them, so they lied about that I guess, but mainly the quality difference is crazy. Looking at some little gold frills on a ring with the belomo, all the details staind out, little smudges of oil from fingers, subtle grind marks on curves, little bits of texture here and there, it's all so perfectly visible, and the correct color too, the chinese loupe makes everything look dull, as well as gives metal a yellow aura, with subtle details being basically not visible.
Looking at the razor's edge with Belomo I can pretty clearly see where there is a double bevel, I can clearly see the straight line marks from the sharpening stone, I can see every microscoping chip in the blade, every bit of slight curvature. Almost all of these details are invisible with the Chinese loupe, I can slightly make out where the bevel begins, maybe a blurry outline of a curve or a chip, very blurry barely visible lines from the stone.
Night and Day.