Thread: Micro pitting, how much is too much?

I've just finished re setting the bevel and honing a Carl Herder and notice something very interesting...

simple look, the blade looked great... the edge had a polish after the 8k, but before moving tot he 12 k just for finishing i wanted to see in the microscope and noticed micro pitting in the very edge... analyzing the blade there are some other areas were it's present, however the bad part i that it's in the edge as well...

here's how it looks, first even at 500x could not be seen:



however, on the 1000x you can see it clearly:





so.. i'll finish and do a shave test (i guess?) but how much could I call this "shave ready" knowing that it has that micro pitting there?
how much pitting is too much? would you still call it a good blade or should i just put this on the box of "collection only"?

furthermore... if anyone wanted to buy a blade in this status.. would you call it shave ready just because it shaves well?.. ir you think it's actually impossible that this shaves well?

just looking for some... perspective

cheers!

Gabe

UPDATE: after moving to the naniwa 12k and stropping, I tested it.... just finished shaving ...
I was hesitant at the beginning, but the thing shaves alright... now... comments? :O