Thread: Rate my bevel & edge

Hi.
I got myself a USB microscope and played around with it.
I have Edwin Jagger razor (rebranded dovo sohlingen I've told) which I've hones 4-5 times with 1k, 3k, 5k, 8k hones
After two honings I haven't noticed any increased sharpness on subsequent honings, thus I assume I've reached the maximum sharpness available with my hones (and skills). the 3,5 and 8k are naniwa super stones. I've made sure the bevel is set by spending a lot of time with the 1K hone. That made the biggest difference after my 2nd honing. Apparently the bevel wasn't really set until that.

Today I had time to check with the USB scope.
Only honed with 5K and 8K.
FIrst observations:
My bevel is asymetric!

I made a mark with a pen on opposite sides of the blade so I could be on the (almost) same spots. These two images are after 10 strokes of 5k stone.


How bad is it to have asymmetric bevel? Should I try to hone the bevel to be symmetric with 1K?



With my session of honing with 5K and 8K, I can't really tell any progress with different stages of honing. Can you?
Is there conclusions that can be drawn out from the images?
Aside the fact that it's difficult to focus with the scope....



Same from the other side of the blade:



(Edited to fix the images)