Quote from: cbwx34 on May 09, 2024, 05:19:25 PMI'm not a BESS fan... but according to this post, a 13-15 dps edge should be able to achieve a lower score.
I'm with you. There are a lot of factors that affect BESS score, including your testing technique.
Tests have shown that after a few minutes of use you typically end up at about 160 BESS so anything below this is probably acceptable. The SG-250 and leather wheel with the Tormek compound will never give you scores below 100. You need to go to the SJ-250, DE-250 and manually stropping or other diamond infused strop to get really good scores. Not to mention lower sharpening angles also lowers the BESS scores, but obviously the trade of with lower angles is more fragility.
Interestingly Bazz from Findon Sharpening has made a few videos showing him experimenting various techniques getting low scores where he uses the SJ and a manual strop charged with compound.