The karate rating? Is that a Bruce Lee thing? 
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almost every single day i hunt in the sea for gold - u can see my adventures on YT - gravediggermax.
this little UltraOptix really works great. i also have one i got from mark at chefs knives - he calls it 30x pocket magnifier - keep that one in my truck. it is very nice for blade inspection afterwards also.
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I think Ken was playing with you a bit! Carat is a unit of measure used to define the weight of diamonds
Karate is one of the marshal Arts … hence the reference to Bruce Lee.
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But all gold rings are stamped. K or 417 and so on… :). 
Apparently there are Carats and there are Karats (no “e”)
http://www.gemaffair.com/content/Karat_vs_Carat.htm
Karat VS Carat
Carat
Gold has been traded all over the world thousands of years. For centuries it was the only standardized exchange in commerce. Diamond Grading. Carat is the common unit of measurement for all gemstones and refers to it’s weight. CT is the common abbreviation used by the jewelry industry.
Karat
Karat is the unit of measurement for GOLD. It refers to the amount of PURE gold contained in an item. KT is the common abbreviation used by the jewelry industry. The following defines the percentages in the most common denominations of gold:
24KT contains 99.9% pure gold
18KT contains 75.0% pure gold
14KT contains 58.5% pure gold
10KT contains 41.7% pure gold
You will see fine jewelry items marked either way signifying the gold content. Usually when marking jewelry, manufacturers omit the decimal point and stamp the item 585 or 750, depending on the gold content.
A good way off topic, but still interesting!
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I guess I have too much time on my hands… but I used to read the entire comic section of the newspaper on Sunday morning…
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Since you mentioned it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHzyA2Sqtok
Carat vs. Karat… learn something new every day. :blink:
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almost every single day i hunt in the sea for gold - u can see my adventures on YT - gravediggermax.
this little UltraOptix really works great. i also have one i got from mark at chefs knives - he calls it 30x pocket magnifier - keep that one in my truck. it is very nice for blade inspection afterwards also.
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Hey Max, can you please post some specs / info on the small pocket knife clamp you mentioned in the YT video here ?
Thanks in advance.
I’m not max, but here is one on Amazon.
Has anyone tried an olloclip for your iPhone it has a Macro lens
I’ve been wanting to get one this would be a good excuse
The macro lens is 10x with 12-15 view
And a nice plus is you can take a pic or video with it
Copy and past -source- http://www.olloclip.com/product/
Macro lens
The Macro lens applies roughly a 10X multiplier and allows you to focus the iPhone within 12-15mm of the subject. The Macro lens is cleverly concealed within the olloclip and can be accessed by unscrewing the Wide-Angle lens that is normally attached to it.
I might pick one up this weekend from bestbuy. I’ll post my finding when and if I do.
Welcome to the forum, T! Nice tip, I’d never heard of this olloclip. Please let us know how it works!
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Not sure how this compares to some of the high zoom loupes
Attachment of image using the olloclip micro lens
It’s not bad you can get really close but it states 10x but not sure if it’s really 10
The edge on this night has a good shine not to far off from mirror (only my 5th knife with WE i’m sure I can use some more practice)
Some more images of the knife normal camrea and micro - iPhone
http://bit.ly/13nKZpN
Thanks, T! Looks fairly good for an iPhone..
None of the cell phone cameras are that great for photography. Lenses are just too small. Add the magnifier and your depth of field just gets crushed. The screen size and DPI… well maybe not what you want when really trying to see what is happening at the edge.
I think the magnification is likely not really 10X. At least by looking at the one photo that you posted. You would be better off with a good 10X loupe.
If you want the gadget for it’s other functionality, I guess the magnification feature is a nice additional feature to have though.
Quite interesting the pro forma you made up on Bento
Thing is there is other lens to the kit like wideagnle and fisheye so if you getting it just to have for other things I think its a nice plus but your right at 80 bucks don’t think its worth buying just for that
