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  1. 07-28-2009, 11:29 AM #1
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    How do strops and hones do their work? Why leather? Why is leather uniquely suited for this job? How does the hone do its job? Why stone? Does the hone actually strip metal from the blade?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbcohen View Post
    How do strops and hones do their work?
    By your dragging your razor across them.

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    Why leather?
    Why not?

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    Why is leather uniquely suited for this job?
    It isn't. Did your shaving teacher tell you that?

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    How does the hone do its job?
    What is recursion?

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    Why stone?
    Because bacon has proven ineffective.

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    Does the hone actually strip metal from the blade?
    Actually, no. If you try hard enough, it will turn metal into gold. That's why we all love using them so much.

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    My personal motto is question everything.
    Maybe you want to start with this then: "Why is somebody with more than 500 posts still beginning threads in the newbies corner? How has me managed to overlook this, this, and this?" There may be more things to question in a similar fashion, only they don't belong here either.
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  4. 07-28-2009, 12:36 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by BeBerlin View Post
    By your dragging your razor across them.



    Why not?



    It isn't. Did your shaving teacher tell you that?



    What is recursion?



    Because bacon has proven ineffective.



    Actually, no. If you try hard enough, it will turn metal into gold. That's why we all love using them so much.



    Maybe you want to start with this then: "Why is somebody with more than 500 posts still beginning threads in the newbies corner? How has me managed to overlook this, this, and this?" There may be more things to question in a similar fashion, only they don't belong here either.



    yah, a personal motto of "question everything" doesn't really do a lot of good if you're too lazy to "investigate everything" yourself. it just serves to make people sick of you more quickly
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    Who says bacon doesnt work? I have found fatback to give some of the best edges ever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IsaacRN View Post
    Who says bacon doesnt work? I have found fatback to give some of the best edges ever.
    hmm, one should consider using bacon fat instead of mineral oil to protect one's razor.
    every morning- fry up a two sticks of bacon while you shave, and when you're all done shaving, you'll have some bacon, and some fresh fat to protect your razor!
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    Good stuff stubear. Why stone for the hones?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jbcohen View Post
    Good stuff stubear. Why stone for the hones?
    Butter didnt take off enough material...and Metal on Metal just didnt get the job done.


    Seriously?

    Its not all stone....youhave composite materials...like Nortons that arent actually stone.

    Stone just works....it has for centuries.
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    Ah, that's the answer.
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