Thread: Identifying a convex bevel caused by extensive pasted stropping

I love the thread. Good arguments are healthy; we are passionate folks. I'm looking at the SEM pictures from a different perspective. I see the edges, and I'm not impressed. They look torn. Why would anyone want to shave with it?

You've confirmed my distaste for honing compounds.

I'm pretty certain that a strop alone is pretty effective. What does that look like after a month of only stropping. I'm sure that a strop and an abrasive provides a greater cutting edge faster, but I'm not sure that it produces a better one.

We are forced sometimes to surmise what the best shaving edge would look like. To me, that ain't it.