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I pretty much agree with all you have said.

There is certainly *something* that goes on with a leather stroped edge that isn't apparently visible, even at 200x. Certainly I have also had a razor...

From ancient sea scrolls barber manual, courtesy of Classic shaving:

How-To and Why -

Microscope pics at 200x

OK, so pic #1 is the edge of my LeGrelot 1/4 grind finished off on 0.5um diamond lapping film.

Now, this isn't very scientific, as I then proceeded to strop it on my...

Yeah , but that debate got side tracked into discussions of stropping whilst "commando" to impress the ladies:p.



Bottom line: you don't need anything other than a nice leather strop....