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So this I've wondered about a bit. I shave around a beard. Right at the bottom edge of the beard I come in at almost a 90* angle. The first part of the stroke begins with pretty much a scraping...

I've always been under the impression that when you rub two things together they will both lose material. How much, is proportional to the relative difference in hardness.

Depends on how you're envisioning the "fin". I think you're implying that the "fin" section of the edge has less of an angle than the main portion of the bevel (the "Y" shape"). Consider that the...

True. We should also refrain from conjuring up things to explain something we can't otherwise. I do believe steel and edges fall more in the physical realm than the spiritual (although there is a...

Well, yes :). It won't be offered up as an explanation any more.

But surely we have some meisterhoners on here who either have or have ready access to an appropriate scope and know how to use it?

I really don't understand all the speculation (other than it's fun to debate). If it's there, you can see it under a microscope. If you can't see it but still believe it's there, then it's magic. How...