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A wonder loupe indeed! :)



The higher the magnification, the harder to focus the subject. It is however very interesting to see an edge at higher magnifications.



Definitely! Truly wise...

Thank you. I got you used a loupe for taking those pictures and it seemed quite impressive for a loupe! :)
Those kind of pictures are in fact what I get when I use a microscope with around 200x...

Yes, I do agree and this is what I said in my first post. There are too many factors determining the life of an edge and stropping in one of the most crucial ones. And, yes, a wrong usage of the...

Interesting pictures. May I ask you what loupe did you use?

What I said is in fact based on my experience and experimentation, not just something I said for the fun of it. I am not used to write/say things I did not try myself. I am not of course doubting...

I believe everyone of us has his own standards of honing and a personal idea about sharpness of a razor, all to be compared with one's own whiskers and shaving technique. Not to mention stropping....

Yes, it is, but I can tell the difference when I don't do that.

I always use a strop before shaving and before each pass. Stropping is very important in keeping edge efficiency also delaying honing or chromium oxide treatment.

Absolutely right! And this is also useful in understanding the higher the grit of hone, the more delicate the edge will be. In other words, a razor honed in a super fine grit will lose its edge...

It depends on many factors: razor geometry, steel type, quality of honing, quality of stropping, whiskers hardness, season, humidity, shaving angle, shaving technique, experience. Did I forget...