Thread: How sharp do you like it?

Originally Posted by Catrentshaving

And in the end what is the corn surrounded by?? You're really not getting no matter how it's explained.

If the corn is surrounded by anything after that much polishing, that honemeister did not do a good job.

Originally Posted by LikesBBS

If the corn is surrounded by anything after that much polishing, that honemeister did not do a good job.

Guess you've got it all figured out then. Good luck in your journey.

I'd say so, make big sharp teeth smaller to equal smoothness.

I knew this from the start.

This thread wasn't even meant for that - it was meant to see what grit folks stopped at. But due to my poor titling of the thread thanks to my nubiness it exploded into a lot more of what it did not need to be - not complaining though, as from it I've learned a good bit.

It was directed a bit more at some of the other responses,
Like I said for me it is currently 12k (and on a few new to me blades I stop at 8K till I know them a bit)
but I feel it is my experience level that stops me, I need to really learn what I have before I move on.
The good lord knows I want to play with natural stones but I feel I need a solid foundation first.

One can not take the horizontal edge of a blade and reduce it to a completely level surface - even if reduced to an atomic (molecular?) structure given the bonding which takes place to form the solid mixture you shave with and the circular shape of an atom. But what one can hope to achieve is take those atom's or molecules and bring them so closely together so that the distance between the ridge's and the level to which their place is, are both short and even resulting in smoothness which if done right from the bevel setting state results in an edge that meets as close as possible from both sides and teeth (or edge) that are as close together and placed as level as possible along the edge.

I was under the impression a first that one could take the edge after enough refining and make it completely flat IE - no teeth just a flat edge. But this could be dull if what I've been let to believe is correct.

Sharp: established at the low grit bevel setting stage. Could also be referred to as the setting of a blades geometry.

Smoothness: established in the higher grit stages resulting in the finishing of the blade, after the bevel has been properly set. Taking big teeth and making them smaller and closer together.

THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE HAS TAUGHT ME AND I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH!