microscope

I managed to borrow a pretty expensive Dino-Lite digital microscope recently and thought I'd see how it did with bevel and apex photography. The subject of this little photo shoot is a Yoshikane white 2 bunka, which was touched-up on a Naniwa Pro 3k stone at around 12 degrees per side and then...

A thread to geek out and zoom in. Blow up those bevels, expand your edges, eyeball that apex… Suggestions: If it’s your first time posting with a particular setup, include a photo of a ruler showing millimeter markings for scale make and model Loupes and SEMs equally welcome! The patron saint...

There was a past post on this somewhere, and many dismissed using visuals for inspecting the edge. I used a little $30 usb microscope. I learned a ton looking at my edge, especially when compared to Andrei's perfect Markin edge! Wow! The Markin gave me perspective, and some ideas for...