Thread: Using a loupe when honing

Yeah I thought so.. I really like the style of the ducks and haven't seen many other razors that have the amount of class they seem to. Although I haven't seen every razor that has been made the ducks seem to be popular and they fought my eye.

As I feel that I may have been less than perfectly clear in post #12 here are some clarification's.

"Chipping problems" - on several of the first few times I honed, I used far to much pressure on the edge causing very small chipping.

"Becomes a hassle" - I had been using the scope to check my progress many times sometimes as many as ten times per hone. Now that I have a better handle on my hones I might check my progress as much as twice, but usually only once per hone.

These learning curves can be a real hassle when you jump in the deep end, ignoring some of the great advice to be found here.

Jonathan

I dug out an old 10X loupe when I started honing recently. It is great for spotting the small dings that the eye cannot see.

I am getting an adapter to connect an old Eyeclops toy to my computer. I will then have 200x lighted magnification on my computer screen.

I have a small, cheap 10* loupe. I use it during every honing and after initial stropping.

It helps me see where the magic marker is left after the marker test. Some bits could be missed by the naked eye. Then I check for evenness and polish at every stage.

It's a nice aide to honing. Possible to do without yet valuable.

Michael