Thread: Jewelers loupe

I have a few practice blades to practice honing. I would like to get a jewelers loupe to inspect the edges. I see too many options on amazon and ebay. Any suggestions on magnification strength and brand names for an adequate jewelers loupe that would work for me?

thanks

I use a couple of 10x and 14x eye loupes as aids but I have a jewelers visor that goes up to 100x for final work.salute .hope this helps.

I have a cheap ($3) one, eBay special. It's at 30x magnification and it is sufficient for me. There are times when I thought 40x would be great but you wouldn't need an actual high quality loupe unless you have specific needs/requirements that only an ultra high-quality one would provide.

I recall talking to Oz and his high-quality one stays on the table most of the time unless he is using it to create a silhouette of the blade.

I'm with you Andrew $3 and works fine

As thebigspendur will tell you, optical quality is even more important than power. Very expensive for really high quality, but I've been using one of these from Widget Supply for years with satisfactory results. 21mm 30x Chrome Teardrop Triplet Jewelers Loupe It ain't $3.00 but it isn't expensive as these things go.

got a 30x $3 jobber myself. Works just fine. Just have a good light source so you can catch the reflection of your mirror edge

I have multiple loupes. A professional 10x as well as a few Amazon loupes that are SUPPOSED to be 30x as well as a few that say 10x. They all deliver the same magnification to me. How can that be? Well imo they are all 10x regardless of what the mag says. I also have a 400x veho usb scope that is gathering dust. (not for sale btw). Once your eye is trained enough, 10x will show you what you need to see. Microbevels, chips, scratches etc are all clearly visible imo at 10x. So get a great one, or a good one, or a cheap one. Lighting on these is good to have, so thats a plus as i use my cheapie amazon over the pro loupe. And dont forget to shut the light off when your done! One overnight and the batteries are toast!

Cheap and has a great eye relief. Make it possible to have your eye away from the unit about 6 inches with the lighted other end on the blade. changing rotational orientation changes direction / angle of light to highlight the interesting parts of the bevel.
I give them to students.
~Richard

I use a 30/60x two sided loupe. Cheap, but it works.

Give us the link, Sir Richard.