What to look for in magnification

[JPO]

This is really entertaining for some reason
So how does this edge shave?

 

[eKretz]

Very well. That is a JNat edge, after bevel set through 5k Shaptons then with one course of JNat slurry made with a diamond plate and two more with a tomo.

 

[JPO]

I would change to a different lighting setup if you are using the ring light. I find that ring lights are generally useless for razor work if you want to see anything informative. Use an oblique lighting technique or try the backlit method if you have a bio microscope.

And I forgot to update about that above razor smoothed by a few strokes on a CBN strop earlier. Shaved great, keen and smooth. Got about 4 or 5 shaves on it now with no signs of degradation. I will do an updated image after it gets some wear on it.

We should perhaps start a microscope nerd thread.

I would really like to uppgrade my scope. Different light sources really makes a difference.
The first two images are from an hart steel razor finished with slurry on a jnat. The last image is from a wizamet de blade.