Originally Posted by
CatMan
I found, that the problem with those cutting hair tests is, that people rely on reports from others as to how it should feel, or work cutting hair with a straight coming from a hone of a certain grid. Everyones hair is different. I recently found a way to test that makes the different structure of hair irrelevant. I used a new DE blade, held it with a small pair of pliers and cut some hair of my arm parallel and about 1/4 of an inch away from the skin. Then I did the same with a straight coming from my DMT 8000. If it feels the same or better with the straight, I can continue polishing the edge on my higher grid hone.
Hope this helps others to get a feeling how a sharp edge is supposed to cut.