Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
First, we shave with the edge, not the bevel. Whether the bevel has scratching or looks perfectly shiny is irrelevant to the shave. The edge cuts the whiskers, and that has already been done or not done before the bevel comes into play.
I don't really like that saying, sure we don't shave with the bevel but I get my bevels honed and polished by the same stones that will sharpen the edge.
So what it did to the bevel will tell me a lot about what it did to the edge.