We think you're right KnifeGrinders. Defining the lower end of the BESS was a breeze. We'll all call BS! when someone reports a BESS score of zero. BESS scores that lie toward the upper end of the scale seem to have importance only with some of our industrial customers. We have industrial customers who sharpen to 600 and replace or resharpen at 900.
Things do change though and Jan's post is an excellent example. By the way, there was a book that floated around the office here written about a French scientist who was first tasked with defining the length of a meter. As Jan said, first he had to determine how far it was from the pole to the equator. No small task when lacking a tape measure of that length. The English were determined to define measurement based on some common object, a human body part or the height of a horse. Europeans, especially the French, wanted to base measurements on the physical universe. I have to admit, the French got it right but, nonetheless, we all, here at EOU, have to mentally convert everything presented to us in metric to standard before we can grasp it.
The French got one more thing right; the steering wheels of their cars are all on the correct side of the vehicle. Of course, no offense intended to those who have not yet seen the error of their ways. It would be a simple thing to correct; move the headlights to the rear and the taillights to the front. Then turn all the road signs 180 degrees. Voila! You'd now be driving on the correct (right) side of the road!
Things do change though and Jan's post is an excellent example. By the way, there was a book that floated around the office here written about a French scientist who was first tasked with defining the length of a meter. As Jan said, first he had to determine how far it was from the pole to the equator. No small task when lacking a tape measure of that length. The English were determined to define measurement based on some common object, a human body part or the height of a horse. Europeans, especially the French, wanted to base measurements on the physical universe. I have to admit, the French got it right but, nonetheless, we all, here at EOU, have to mentally convert everything presented to us in metric to standard before we can grasp it.
The French got one more thing right; the steering wheels of their cars are all on the correct side of the vehicle. Of course, no offense intended to those who have not yet seen the error of their ways. It would be a simple thing to correct; move the headlights to the rear and the taillights to the front. Then turn all the road signs 180 degrees. Voila! You'd now be driving on the correct (right) side of the road!