Thread: After you gasp, on to the answer

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Go ahead, try your experiment. Spend countless hours on an edge that I can generate in less than 20 minutes on ANY quality razor.

You see, if you will research me you will see that I was (still am) a knife guy who could make all things sharp...or so I thought. I jumped on the bandwagon and started running my mouth with my "superior" skills to a fellow named Lynn Abrams of all people. Later, 6-12 months when I had learned what razor sharp was about and how to get there, I humbly apologized to Lynn. Cool thing was he never was rude to me, only asked me to show him. I'm going to do that too: Show me how you can obtain a truly shave ready edge in under 20 minutes, repeatable, and I will gladly try to learn your new system. BTW, if rushed, I could most likely give you a shave ready edge in half that time...or less.

We can use a neutral person for the shave test.

Straight razors have been around for over 100 years. There have been many gadgets invented over that period of time, but none are as efficient as the spine built into the razor.

Egads, countless hours?! That's not gonna happen; too few hours left to me at this point! It's not really "my" new system, just a diamond wheel sharpener that I've had good experiences with. I don't think you'll find me running my mouth off any time soon - humble seeker after knowledge, that's more like it ;-)

Basically what myself and the guys are saying here and they can correct me if I am speaking wrong for them


You haven't yet honed a razor, nor if I am reading your posts correctly shaved a razor.. Yet you are now trying to use a "New" way of honing them, at least what I am saying is it might be a good idea to at least get a handle on the basics before jumping off the cliff into the deep end..


PS: BTW yes there was a guy that tried the Chef's Choice the results were less then "Awesome".. Put as politely as I can,,,, No self respecting SR user would ever stick a razor into an electric knife sharpener




Yeah sorry, I don't care how good the edge comes out it ain't happening

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Basically what myself and the guys are saying here and they can correct me if I am speaking wrong for them


You haven't yet honed a razor, nor if I am reading your posts correctly shaved a razor.. Yet you are now trying to use a "New" way of honing them, at least what I am saying is it might be a good idea to at least get a handle on the basics before jumping off the cliff into the deep end..


PS: BTW yes there was a guy that tried the Chef's Choice the results were less then "Awesome".. Put as politely as I can,,,, No self respecting SR user would ever stick a razor into an electric knife sharpener




Yeah sorry, I don't care how good the edge comes out it ain't happening

No worries. I'm not claiming anything or jumping anywhere. If you've looked at my posts you'll also have noted that they were questions, not statements. Sharpening a blade is a technical issue and technical issues can be understood from a rational standpoint. That's the way I approach life - learning all I can and putting it into a self consistent framework. That's all that's going on here.