Thread: Micro Bevels or "How to get your edge bloody sharp off an 8k"

Originally Posted by gugi

In my view using additional tape to create microbevel is one way to compensate for a subpar honing technique. Using progressively finer hones should create uniform and polished bevel, but if one cannot maintain good strokes or doesn't complete the work on a coarser hone before switching, the very edge will have various defects and will not shave well.
Using a few strokes on a fine grit hone at a slightly increased angle can remove these defects, but the razor can be exactly as good with simple straightforward honing too.

I can probably find a couple of photographs to illustrate this.

This becomes almost a Philosophical argument. Many western workers use micros to save time and stone. Get the bevel close then pay attention to what really counts and that is the edge. Ultra fine stones and films in the micro equation virtually eliminate heavy strop work other than to dry the edge after a shave. This was not always possible under previous tradition.
Eastern Philosophy believes the whole edge should be true.
Really, there is no right or wrong, it is what works for you. Getting the best shave by whatever means is the only correct answer.