Hey guys, I've seen pictures here and there of zoomed in bevels and had an idea....particularly because I'm going to be working on honing a razor soon from BK status on up. Also, I'm getting a jewelers loupe to help inspect the edge during the process.

But I'm new at honing, and the guides on how to hone, and the different strokes are pretty good; But I feel that maybe if someone posted zoomed in pictures of a blades edge during the different processes of honing, it would help a lot of the newbies (like myself).

I.e. "This is a picture X strokes into a 220 grit stone after BKing; you can see it needs more laps on a 220 because it looks like such and such."

"This is a picture after setting the bevel on a 1k and is sharp enough to start polishing on a 4k. You can tell because it looks like such and such."

Maybe I'm completely off on the idea and the honemeisters use more of a feel than a visual inspection for progressing through honing stones, But in everything I've been reading and all the "veteran honers" profiles and pictures, it seems as though all of them have some type of magnification device they use throughout their honing process.

I figured a bit of elaboration and pics on what you guys see step by step would help some of us that are starting out. Kind of matching up the feel of a razor with the looks of the edge.

Just an idea; sorry if it's a stupid one.