Microscopic comparison of 3M 0.5 micron abrasive sheet and stropping
I have been looking into razor and knife edges for a while, and was under the impression that straight razors stropped by a professional was the sharpest I would be able to get.
I found this website doing microscopic comparisons of blade edges. Now most of the site is oriented to plane blades but I found it interesting none the less. Just to clarify I am not saying that this is the be-all end-all just something worthy of discussion.
I started reading the site where he compares different edges under a microscope, the disposable razor edge information caught my eye. The 3rd bevel appears smooth under 200x magnification.
He does a stropping comparison to a plane blade sharpened with 0.5 micron abrasive. now I realize this is done on a plane blade and not on a straight razor and not with a leather strop. This just makes me really curious as to how a straight razor stropped professionally would look under a 200x magnification.
Any thoughts on the comparison of the edge on disposable razor vs plane blade vs quality straight stropped properly ?