Thread: Lost Dark Art

ace, that sounds more like science than a dark art...Perhaps he is dealing with necromancy, raising the long lost dead of the viking sword sharpeners guild or something. That would be more dark art methinks.



Mick

That razor needs more work. Seems an effort to get a clean cut even at such a close fulcrum point.
I'd be impressed if there was less momentum from the blade & he was cutting an inch or more away for those results .

Someone should send him a razor to hone , and report back with the results . I would but you know .... um .... I really .... well .... you know ....

Originally Posted by dave5225

Someone should send him a razor to hone , and report back with the results . I would but you know .... um .... I really .... well .... you know ....

Trouble with that idea is the "No Vendor Bashing Policy" is likely to get bent.

Originally Posted by BenjamanBarker

Amen!! I just found it amusing that he calls it a "Dark Art" as I also said previously a LOST art i totally agree with.

That aint particularly amusing. Lost? really! All of us shave like....butter! We know how to hone! We know how to strop! THIS is SRP! Even back in the olden days, there were guys who ground razors away and never got a good shave. They relied on barbers to have a good shave ready. I am sure that not all barbers were created equal either! Lots of guys shave regularly, relying on their hone experts as they did back when. There are probably more competent razor honers now, than ever?????? Probably not, but at least we are growing. They are long since dead! Who's with me! ????....continue to get it on...Tom

Originally Posted by sharptonn

That aint particularly amusing. Lost? really! All of us shave like....butter! We know how to hone! We know how to strop! THIS is SRP! Even back in the olden days, there were guys who ground razors away and never got a good shave. They relied on barbers to have a good shave ready. I am sure that not all barbers were created equal either! Lots of guys shave regularly, relying on their hone experts as they did back when. There are probably more competent razor honers now, than ever?????? Probably not, but at least we are growing. They are long since dead! Who's with me! ????....continue to get it on...Tom

Kinda like a knight forging his own sword... I've seen many a gunsmith that was a mediocre shot, and many a marksman that couldn't fix a firearm... It is a special few that master both.

I think the part that bothers people is the sleazy way of advertising that unfortunately continues to work on beginners who don't know anything about razors.

He's not the first one and won't be the last. We have former and even present forum members who are praying on new people, misleading them in the name of making few more dollars, instead of directing them to good solid information and real help.

Then we have all those 'master Lee' posers claiming to be experts with decades of experience when only a couple of years ago they were complete novices asking the most basic 'which hone should I buy' questions on this forum, and couldn't put a bevel on a razor even if their life depended on it.

There are plenty of people for whom dishonesty is just the way to make money, even if it's a few dollars.

Originally Posted by Max1775

Kinda like a knight forging his own sword... I've seen many a gunsmith that was a mediocre shot, and many a marksman that couldn't fix a firearm... It is a special few that master both.

Good point, Max. I'm a fair shot with a rifle, but I imagine I'd be lost when trying to make or repair one!

Originally Posted by Max1775

Kinda like a knight forging his own sword... I've seen many a gunsmith that was a mediocre shot, and many a marksman that couldn't fix a firearm... It is a special few that master both.

I've read a biography of an SAS soldier who said that he distrusted soldiers who were expert at the inner workings of a gun.
He said that people who took too much interest in that were often less able to hit their mark.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I've read a biography of an SAS soldier who said that he distrusted soldiers who were expert at the inner workings of a gun.
He said that people who took too much interest in that were often less able to hit their mark.

There is definitely some truth in that. It is hard to be good at one, much less both. I spent many years behind the trigger before I ever started tinkering with firearms. Now I can't give up either one...