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I tried taking magnified photos of a chisel that I sharpened that I sharpened using diamond starting at 200g,300g,400g,600g...then to oilstone 4000g, then used a leather strop with green wax polishing compound (100 strokes). I then used a 100x magnifying lens that attaches like a clothespin to my phone and took pictures of the cutting edge. I was surprised to see striations still visible even though I could easily read printing in the reflection. I decided to take it further, so I stropped (100 strokes) on a second strop, but this time with white polishing compound and it removed almost all the striations. It is so sharp I can test it slicing cross grain on pine by pinching the chisel with only my thumb and one finger. I think I am going to add the white strop to my routine of sharpening from now on!
The first photo is my set up for taking the picture. The second photo is the chisel reflection after green stropping. The third photo is the chisel edge (left side of pic) after green stropping. The fourth photo is the chisel edge (right side of pic) after white stropping.
The first photo is my set up for taking the picture. The second photo is the chisel reflection after green stropping. The third photo is the chisel edge (left side of pic) after green stropping. The fourth photo is the chisel edge (right side of pic) after white stropping.
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