Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
If you look at every single picture out there, you very very rarely see the edge...
Therefore all you are really seeing is the scratch pattern on the sides of the bevel...
So there is NO way of knowing if the edge is even sharp, they might as well have taken pics of just the sides of pieces of steel, same, same...

So taking pics of the bevel while honing would just show the scratch pattern of the hones nothing more...It could never define sharp... The best you could ever hope for is to see the bevel reach the edge of the blade...
Exactly what ive found ! in my early days of honing, about a month ago , i could very easily get a lovely polished bevel but my edge was no where near sharp even tho it looked it .....

ian