What do you use to look at your edge close up?

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What do you use to look at your edge close up? I'd like a scope that I can connect to my PC and take magnified photos of my edges. I have tried a cheaper product from Amazon that was similar to the Veho and it sucked. Is the Veho it or is there something better? I would prefer to keep it less than $200.
 
I have the Veho. Not bad. It's far better than a glass loupe, but if I had it to do over again, I would look for a higher quality unit.
 
Chapman is right. I have the Lee Valley Loupe with the light. It's really sharp and lets me see the edge well. It's quicker than focusing a computer usb microscope (quicker than the one I have at least).

Good sharpening,
Dave
 
I have a Zeiss binocular loupe with a working distance of 40cm and 4.3X magnification to which I have added an 80 lumen light.
 
Currently i only have the magnifying glass in my Victorinox SwissChamp, but i can already see something better in the not too distant future.
 
Personally I'd stick with a loupe, maybe 12-15x. The 20x ones start to get very small fields of view and require better lighting by comparison.

After spending a bunch of time on my work microscope, I'm not so sure I'd recommend the lower power microscopes for serious study of your edges. There is a world of difference between what can be seen at 200x and what can be seen at 400x, and again at 1000x. Digital enlargement adds nothing to the resolution. Maybe helpful to speculate, but not capable of showing the cutting edge in detail or depth of the cutting edge, both of which are necessary to get a good idea how an edge will perform based on an image and/or how your actions are truly effecting things. Would be helpful for cosmetics, macro features/defects, and overall technique.
 
Pebble electronic magnifier. Sort of like a digital camera only it magnifies. Doesn't distort like an optic.
 
I use a simple 3 glass magnifier, 1st and second glass for knife edges, and all 3 when inspecting shears for edge damage.
 
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