Microscope edge pics

Found this and found it interesting. It's Tim Zowada's website where he shows different edges from different whetstones synthetic and natural as a comparison chart. The cool part is he took the time to have the pics taken from the same angle with the same light source on a mounted microscope

Here is the link http://www.tzknives.com/razoredges.html

Understand this isn't conclusive evidence of what works better, just thought I would share my interest.

I used his website as a guide for my microscopy.

Wow...

C12k looks pretty good!

fascinating!!! can't wait for my jewelor's loop to arrive!!

cb91710 said:

Wow...

C12k looks pretty good!

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some of my best edges came off my c12k....

it is a truly underrated stone...

paco664 said:

some of my best edges came off my c12k....

it is a truly underrated stone...

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I'm happy with mine. And heck, for $30? Sure, it's a little narrow and needs a solid X-stroke, but it's sweet and stays flat forever. Very slow and forgiving stone.

Even though my progression includes a Naniwa 12k, I still do 200 laps on the Cnat before moving to CrOX/linen on my 127.
Next session I think I'll skip the CrOX and go from the Cnat to the Kanayama linen>suede>leather

try it with CBN spray on it.... oh my the edges.... light saber city....

paco664 said:

some of my best edges came off my c12k....

it is a truly underrated stone...

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I agree completely, some of them are much finer than 12k.

paco664 said:

try it with CBN spray on it.... oh my the edges.... light saber city....

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I'm still waiting on my order of pico-paper to arrive from Seraphim

lol.... BTW....

seraphims edges look better than any of those in that link...


just sayin....

Lightning is everything when it comes ot scope pics.
In order to get the best/truest pics, the lightning should always be as ruthless as possible.

Clay Allison of Wicked Edge just got an 800x scope in.
Crazy stuff!
http://www.wickededgeusa.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=11&id=4761&Itemid=63

I really wish Zowada had those pics at 400x. There's so much more edge detail there. Even 800x would still show improvement. At 200x, to my eyes it's almost binary Crap/Notcrap.


Those 800x pics are awesome to see.

honed said:

Lightning is everything when it comes ot scope pics.
In order to get the best/truest pics, the lightning should always be as ruthless as possible.

Clay Allison of Wicked Edge just got an 800x scope in.
Crazy stuff!
http://www.wickededgeusa.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=11&id=4761&Itemid=63

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What is he referring to "100# Diamonds" and "600# stones"?

100 grit and 600grit.

100grit is a coarse pocketknife stone. For comparison I believe a DMT XXC is 120grit.

600grit is DMT F.

Okay, so that explains the roughness of the edges.

I was thinking I was looking at extreme magnification of what we consider to be a "good" hone job.

Yah, those are actually incredibly nice for such low grits. Must be good hones and real easy pressure. Also I think that's likely a knife.

paco664 said:

lol.... BTW....

seraphims edges look better than any of those in that link...


just sayin....

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+1
beautiful razors, and i am sure they will shave fine. but after seeing seraphims pics,, i wasnt as impressed as i thought id be.

It's the only collage of edges from different whetstones I could find. I liked it just because it shows edges off some of the most commonly used whetstones (something I have wanted to do myself). Even if there is no scientific data to show, it still peaked my interest.

Seraphims Microscope work is very interesting as well, I want to get a usb scope myself eventually.

Those photos were just a quick study to see how the hones cut. Nothing more. Don't try to read too much in to them.

I now use 1200x to see what is really happening. Unfortunately, I can't take good pictures at 1200x. Last month, I got access to a SEM. I will post photos as they become available.

Tim Zowada said:

Last month, I got access to a SEM. I will post photos as they become available.

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That I going to look rough. Heck glass looks rough with a SEM.