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11-21-2013, 09:48 PM #1Senior Member
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Originally Posted by pfries
I've seen a few folks posting sizes "from the edge to hone line"---------------------------------------------------
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11-21-2013, 10:01 PM #2Huh... Oh here
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Top or bottom of the hone line Originally Posted by MikekiM
I will gage the width of hone wear from the top and bottom of the hone line,
and I will use the hone line for a measurement if I need to check the angle of the bevel for any reason.
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11-21-2013, 10:04 PM #3Senior Member
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Originally Posted by pfries
Top or bottom of the hone line
I will gage the width of hone wear from the top and bottom of the hone line,
and I will use the hone line for a measurement if I need to check the angle of the bevel for any reason.
Agreed---------------------------------------------------
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11-22-2013, 12:09 AM #4Senior Member
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If your selling say on the bay,is the entire blade,top of spine to edge.Thats the american way of measuring.
Heribert Wacker contends, the true way is were the spine meets the stone to the blade edge.
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11-22-2013, 12:42 AM #5There is no charge for Awesomeness
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Yes, I agree. It depends entirely on the purpose of the measurement.
But traditionally when someone says "I have a 5/8" razor, people take it to mean the whole blade, from top of the spine to the edge.
I do get what Wacker contends though - he's kinda talking about "net width" I suppose, whereas including the spine might be considered "gross width".
We don't really care too much about the length of a razor, but if we did I suppose an analogy might be including the tang as opposed to just the blade when reporting the length.
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11-22-2013, 12:52 AM #6Senior Member
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I started to add something in here but it got so confusing to write that I got confused. I can sum it up by writing "What Jimbo wrote".
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you mean my 8/8 W&B is only a 7/8 no wonder i got for a steal Originally Posted by pixelfixed
but that would also make my 4/8 closer to 3/8 & any 3/8 a toothpick nearly LOLpfries likes this.Saved,
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11-22-2013, 03:24 AM #8At this point in time...
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There is no universally accepted method..
No matter the brand or the size marked you will be able to disprove that "Measurement" with the next razor..
Some Makers measure one way and another can measure a different way, to be totally honest and accurate you have to measure Top to Bottom otherwise there can be a judgment call involved about where the "Hone line really is (Think about a wider spine wear line)
But honestly just so long as explain the measurement then it can't ever be really wrong..
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