Thread: Desperate Honesterette

Yes, If the blade is oily such as when you strop (the strop has oil in it) and then “wipe” the blade before you look at it, oily streaks will distort the view… that may be the horizontal streaks you see in the other photo.


This photo looks better now.

Ok, thats what I thought. Those camera pics are better than the ones from cheap microscopes I think.

Smythe I've oiled it even myself but forgot.
Strop was innocent this time.

Now I have shaved a leg I'm very happy with the Henckels, but the stainless sux.
Off to the hones with it again! Nitpicking weekend, LOL

Originally Posted by 0livia

Now I have shaved a leg I'm very happy with the Henckels, but the stainless sux.

I think you proved the point that appearance under the scope does not correlate with the shave exactly.

That said, when I am finishing a razor I have a coticule, the butterscotch hone, the "Olivia Hone", a Nakayama from O_S and a nakayama from 330mate (via ZethLent) on the table within reach. (I hone on the ping pong table).

I then move between the hones to see which gets me the finish under 100x with no visible scratches. It seems to be a function of both blade and hone. I can often get that kind of finish from multiple hones, but sometimes just one does the job. I know now that it probably doesn't make a big (or any) difference, but I like to know I can do it. I usually finish on the hone that does it.

Someone mentioned a "black bevel" being indicative of a good polish. So, having so much free time on my hands *cough*, I decided I'd try and capture what this fellow *might* have been talking about.

Tell me if I'm on the right track. I just thought it might be cool to capture what I see when looking through a loupe sometimes. And I was looking for something different to stick in my sig. :P

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...ackedge-01.jpg
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...ackedge-02.jpg

If a shiny bevel looks black under the mike it is in the shade.

Originally Posted by Leighton

Someone mentioned a "black bevel" being indicative of a good polish. So, having so much free time on my hands *cough*, I decided I'd try and capture what this fellow *might* have been talking about.

Tell me if I'm on the right track. I just thought it might be cool to capture what I see when looking through a loupe sometimes. And I was looking for something different to stick in my sig. :P

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...ackedge-01.jpg
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...ackedge-02.jpg

What scale are they at? Are we just looking at the bevel? If so there seems to be something going on at the very edge, like a secondary microbevel. Or it could be an artifact from in-camera sharpening. Hard to say as I've never taken a picture that clearly at that magnification.

Pictures taken at 10x, and I zoomed in a little with the camera, so the crispness isn't as good as it could be.