5 BESS? Is it possible?

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Thank you Ken. Your provided  link and article is very appropriate to this discussion. Thank you to ED  for pointing out something important to the measurement process that we didn't. The knife fulcrum does steady the edge and guards against any sort of "slicing" movement over the test media. We use the knife fulcrum each and every time we take a measurement with these two exceptions; when it is impossible or impractical to do so. You can't use the fulcrum when measuring a DE razor blade and you can't use it when measuring many industrial and woodworking edges but when measuring knives and other edges of similar form we say, use it!

There are now a dozen or so YouTube channel folks who have integrated our instruments into their video reviews and demonstrations and we have learned a great deal by watching these videos. Believe it or not, people don't always take time to read the instruction manual. Isn't it interesting how sometimes you have to get hit squarely between the eyes with something you already knew before you really see it? For that reason we have now printed up a "Quick Start" guide that is now part of every electronic tester package. Quick Start guides have been included with our analog line of testers since their initial offering. While all BESS Exchange members are meticulous in their approach to edge testing there may be some newcomers who stumble across this thread who may find benefit in our new Quick Start guide so here goes: