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10-02-2013, 08:24 PM #1Scheerlijk
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This could take an interesting turn to psychology. One possibility - at least in my mind - is that people who do not trust/like/preach the HHT are fed up by seeing the same discussions on the HHT over and over again and hence reply more harshly than they used to when they were new, almost like telling a child for the seventh time he can't have a cookie. Also, when one says "unreliable", it is easier for the next to say "rubbish".
Are they threatened, as you put it? Perhaps, in their pride, but only vaguely and sub-consciously.
If you thought the HHT had a YMMV to it, this will take the YMMV to a whole new level (level 6).I want a lather whip
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10-02-2013, 08:47 PM #2
The very fact that the HHT is measured with human hair makes it completely unusable to compare findings between different persons. My HHT4 could be a HHT3 or HHT5 for you. Given the non linear differences between hair, there is no way to calibrate the HHT levels in a meaningful way. HHT can be a predictor for shave quality for an individual, but nothing more than that. And whether a razor needs a touchup or not can be determined easily by just shaving with it.
As for being threatened... not really. HHT is discussed again and again. I think it is more annoyance by people refusing to first read the old threads before they start new ones trying to rehash the same discussion yet again. By the very nature of the test (using wildly varying types of hair) it is a stupid way to compare edges between different persons. And for using it just for you: sure why not. But then you just have to figure out how the test correlates to shavereadiness for you.Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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10-02-2013, 08:58 PM #3Scheerlijk
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What I haven't read in this discussion yet is this: I like plinking hairs. It gives me satisfaction to see that my own honing and stropping, which I like as well, made my razor sharp enough to cut a hair in mid-air. I like impressing visitors with it. I like honing my pocket knife until it can pop hairs, even though the edge won't last two days.
Does that make it a good test? No. Is it fun? Yup. What is the most important reason for me to shave with a straight razor? Fun.I want a lather whip
