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So am i to believe all the guys in the Member Services section....ie Lynn, Glen, Max, et all......are in fact not just great guys and honemisters BUT masters of this dark art and there for some how magical to a level we could only hope, but alas never achieve??
『Lost Dark Art』Straight razor hone sharpen Shave ready HHT Service | eBay
yeah, it's not that serious.
Stick to the people who know, you can find them in the classifieds. There is no magic, it just feels like it.
Oh I was by no means gonna trust this guy with one of my razors!!!
Ahh, give em a break. He is just trying to make a buck.
oh i have no problem with him trying to make a buck i am more commenting on the fact that he has called it a Lost DARK Art......lost art maybe so bc i assume MANY more men knew how to hone a razor many years back when straights were the only way to shave but a Dark art i don't think soQuote:
Originally Posted by Wintchase
Ohhhhhh! Lost and dark! I want to cut LaNE wOol lIke a SAUsaGe! Goobers! (JMHO)
Sorry. These fellas might have some good edges. It just seems silly to describe them in this manner. Reminds me of TV commercials. I often wonder who they are talking to.
Maybe he hones on brimstone and uses the blood of virgins and pure hellfire to create slurry.:mace:Quote:
Originally Posted by BenjamanBarker
Hey, after 2012 and all the Mach 3's wear out, this will be the dark art, we can trade rice for honing a razor.....
I agree! It does feel like magic! I love to hone! I hone my own razors and I've gotten some nice compliments on my honing from others whose razors I'd honed for them or from when others have borrowed one of my razors to try. With that said; Am I on the same level as Glen, Lynn or some of the other Pros?Quote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Nope! Not even close! I'm just a wanna be!:rofl2:
To put it another way, I can play baseball, but I'm not even close to being able to play in the Big Leagues! Well, maybe as a Bat Boy or a Water Boy!
If this is a lost dark art then I'm the Great & Powerful Oz :roflmao
I'd love to send him a couple of old wedges just for fun but the postage would cost more than the service :p
He'd press it to a rotating grindstone, ruin the temper, verify that it cuts paper, and bill you for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
B-b-but he said it would pass the HHT guaranteeing a good shave :roflmao
There's some nice irony in this guys listing eh.
B b b b but I thought that you were the Great and Powerful Oz!Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
Seriously, I've always enjoyed your posts and knowledge! I look forward to them!!!
As far as the HHT goes, it's not a reliable 'test' as everyone's 'hair' is different! It's only a 'Guide'! If you watch the video from Dovo when they do the HHT it's with a synthetic 'Hair' this provides constancy!!
Hey 'Oz'! if you'd really like to send him some really hard to hone wedges,let me know and I'll pitch in with the shipping! :tu
Hey Os instead of throwing away perfectly good wedges at a complete unknown, you can just hone them yerself and send then to me to verify their shave worthiness! :p
Mick
I am in fact the Great and Powerful Oz & have got matters well in hand ... I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by cudarunner
But TBH I'd rather put the shipping money towards a good scotch :)
Mick, I have one or 2 here I could throw at you but I better not hone them in case I actually hit ya !Quote:
Originally Posted by MickR
Guys, look at some of the things you've accomplished. You've taken pieces garbage that you've gotten off eBay or in a junk store for .99 cents and turned them back into the beautiful things that they were 100yrs ago. Skill yes; magic yes!
The only Dark Art I have mastered is turning alcohol into urine. And I am pretty good at that. Other than that I am just an average guy.:beer2:
I think this guy is merely trying to ply a little humor as he makes ends meet; he does seem a little low on price if knows what he's doing. He actually offers up a stable of decently-priced razors through his eBay listings. I would also say that with 360 feedbacks at 100% positive he's doing ok by a few folks. Lastly, he must love straights or he wouldn't be doing this, and I figure there's a big chance he's a fellow SRP guy--and I wish him luck! :gl:
kingping
A Huge Plus 1 to Kingping! We should be gentlemen here that would promote this thing we love. It is easy to bash someone anonomously. (Like Mama used to say, if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything)
Amen! Entertaiment for us, free advertising for Him!!Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeSomebody
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I just went back though this thread, and I have to point out that no one here maligned his services, just his use of words, also keep in mind that SRP has a "No Vendor Bashing Policy" in place. so if somebody was bashing his services I would pull the entire thread....
He can advertise how he wants, but when someone puts things out on the internet they have to have a thick skin..
It would be nice to send him an old sheffield wedge with rotten swiss cheese metal and see what happens.
Well, I'm disappointed with this thread. I thought it was some thread about the latest hone breakthrough-honing in the dark and how you feel your way through the operation.
Now that reminds me. Need to get my eyes checked.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
Amen!! This hit it on the head!! I was by no way posting this to bash his service. Who knows maybe he is great at honing razors. I can only assume no one here has taken him up on honing a razor for them. I just found it amusing that he calls it a "Dark Art" as I also said previously a LOST art i totally agree with. it's great that we have this supportive community for newbies and veterans alike to discuss this wonderfully enjoyable art! Which without many guys (myself included) that try to make the switch to straights would throw in the towel and go back to the easier less enjoyable disposable plastics.Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Here's one of his "promotional" videos, I can't say I'm impressed by his Dark Art skills.
HHT - Lost Dark Art
Not so flash going by that video.
Mick
That is awful!Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
You have to remind yourselves that this is a Dark Art. It is not something everyone will be able to understand or even see. There may be things going on in those videos that are taking place in a parallel universe unknown to us. Just think how our honing would improve if we could merge the Space/Time continuum with the Horizon Events taking place in Black Holes. We'd not only get better edges, but we could get it done in a heartbeat.
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 ....
Trouble with that idea is the "No Vendor Bashing Policy" is likely to get bent.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave5225
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! :rolleyes: 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...TomQuote:
Originally Posted by BenjamanBarker
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
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.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Max1775
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max1775
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno