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Pictures taken at 10x, and I zoomed in a little with the camera, so the crispness isn't as good as it could be.

Someone mentioned a "black bevel" being indicative of a good polish. So, having so much free time on my hands *cough*, I decided I'd try and capture what this fellow *might* have been talking about....

:) I usually have to do things the hard way. I used a 20x BelOmo loupe for the close up shots and a 10x for the distant shots. The only 10x shots are of the DAs though. I just held the camera up...

I dunno Olivia,
I really can't see the difference as clearly as the original pictures you took. All I can see for certain is a nice, straight edge and some shiny steel. :confused:

From what I can see, the stuff above the edge looks like scratch marks from a 220 or 120 stone that went beyond the bevel. I get scratch marks like that all the time if I use a dmt XX or even X.
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Hey Olivia,
Your post made me go back and do more experimenting with polishing the bevel. Caveat: I am pretty darn sure it really doesn't affect shave quality, but what the hey, I've been...

Hey Olivia,
I actually ran into similar "problems" when I got my Nanis. Except that at least in my case my own honing improved. :)

I used to have some scratch marks still visible, but still...