Thread: I must be insane

Who in their right mind, takes a tool sharp enough to perform precise surgery within an inch of your life, no within a micron of your life and shave with it. Apparently a lot of us do every day. This is a tool that has taken the whole history of mankind to develop a rock as a tool to a blade thinner than a piece of paper that will shave you a life time with a little honeing and stropping. The design is basic, a blade and scales. But it takes more than a chunck of metal and a hammer to make this tool. The skills, knowledge and intelligence it takes to forge, grind, hone and even shave with this tool is more complex than a blade and scales. Imagine what is coming, a straight razor made from ceramic or composite materials once honed it might become maintenance free? No more honeing, no more stropping, no more cleaning, no more stains, no more rust, no more polishing, no more oiling and no more maintenance. For me, I rather hone it, stropp it, clean it, polish it, oil it and maintain it. We all just enjoy that. Juan