11-03-2017, 07:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2017, 05:39 PM by KnifeGrinders.)
To what Mike has said above, I want to add that selecting a DE razor as a reference point for the start of the BESS scale was very clever from every point of view - practical, empirical and theoretical.
So clever that bears the impress of genius.
The more scientific data we get around it, SEM, wavelengths, etc, and the more of a collective brain accumulates on this forum that reflects upon it, the more obvious it becomes.
On the other hand, selecting the DE razor blank for the other end of the BESS scale is of course just a practical convenience of handling the same blade.
If they happened to be half that thick, the BESS scale could as well end at 1000.
The BESS scale upper end should change with time, getting tied to some better empirical and theoretical reference point, and since I strongly believe that Mike's BESS scale will outlive us all, the present 2000 BESS end of scale will become no more than of a historical value.
So clever that bears the impress of genius.
The more scientific data we get around it, SEM, wavelengths, etc, and the more of a collective brain accumulates on this forum that reflects upon it, the more obvious it becomes.
On the other hand, selecting the DE razor blank for the other end of the BESS scale is of course just a practical convenience of handling the same blade.
If they happened to be half that thick, the BESS scale could as well end at 1000.
The BESS scale upper end should change with time, getting tied to some better empirical and theoretical reference point, and since I strongly believe that Mike's BESS scale will outlive us all, the present 2000 BESS end of scale will become no more than of a historical value.
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