Thread: .25 Diamond on Hard Pressed Wool Felt

Diamond is tops at cutting steel. I forget if it's in a sharpening book I have or if I saw this somewhere else, but electron microscopic images of steel edges honed with diamond are very interesting; think jagged sharp peaks and valleys with a side view like this: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ translating to edges like that as well. Diamond can be harsh on the face for that reason but will also lay whiskers to waste. I can not shave with a diamond honed edge taken only to a leather strop. Too harsh for me. Not pleasant even if wickedly sharp.

Microscopic pictures of Chrome Ox edges are very different than diamond and much smoother: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Diamond on steel is like broken glass. Chrome Ox on steel is like modeling clay. Weird comparisons, but they work.

ChrisL