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I thought it might interest some to see what they work with a little closer. I have a good AO microscope but my camera is cheap ($65 digital) and I hand held it to the microscope eyepiece to get the 2 enlarged pictures so the quality is not the best. The first picture shows chrome tanned that I use as you would see it with your naked eye (almost smooth). The second picture shows waxed poly thread that I use in hand stitching in the microscope. The white is wax on that thread and you can see the individual fibers. The third picture is of the surface of the leather in the microscope. I get much better resolution when look in the microscope with my eyes and also I can increase the power a lot. -- Tex

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Wow, that's pretty cool. Can you also use it to get a good look at your knife blade edges?

Pete

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Pretty interesting, especially the expanded view of the leather. Sometimes you look at the beauty of the piece of leather and forget about what it started out as. I better not use one of those magnifiers to look at my own skin.

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The reason that I owned a Microscope was to learn more about knife edges. Being a old "Horse Trader" and knife distributor, I have own many Microscopes. -- Tex

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I'd be interested in seeing the edges of some of the knives I've made under a microscope sometime. I reckon I could learn a thing or two. Might have to look at getting one. Thanks for showing your pictures.

Pete

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