Thread: honing razors.

Originally Posted by jaswarb

The OP sent me a PM and we are in the process of getting him a shave ready razor and one to learn to hone. I am far from an expert but it is clear to me as my shaving technique improves my edges are improving.

Wow! I'm glad he didn't get permanently scared off!

Here's to a better response next time he posts:

sorry. im a talker and not a lurker.

if you met me in person you would understand that i dont have a problem asking anyone questions about something i find very interesting.
when i wanted to get my helicopter rating i just went in the door introduced myself and said i didint need in intro flight and that i wanted to take my first hour.

when i joined the army i did the same thing. i walked in and said hello my name is jeb and where do i sign.

i am a member of a pilots forum and we have many noobs stop in and start asking questions. unless they are total jerks then we answer them by telling them where to go for basic information and getting them into a conversation to see where they want to go because many of them dont even know where to start. that is where i am now with shaving with i straight razor. i thought that i would be able to get into a running conversation with some people. looks like i have but not in the way i or anyone here would have liked. i was a little put off by how some that first bunch of posts went. i felt like was being told to do something with no directions and no place to look.

to the gents who sent me links to the vids and answered some questions you do a service to the forum. str8tshooter, jaswarb, smalltank, ignatius.

i am a tradesman my self. i am a welder first and now an inspector. i am learning to fly a helicopter. i am learning to shave with a straight razor. on the things i find most interesting i jump right in. all of these things take many hours of practice and time getting it right. i tell my welding students that your learning curve makes a jump when you make a mistake and learn from it. (i hope to not make too many mistakes on face as i only have one and its gotten me a lovely wife)

ok next subject.
what is....OP (figured this one out)....GYIF...i got out of the army a long long long time ago and surely dont remember any of those and well....i am not to up on the forum slang.

jeb

GIYF = google is your friend.

Welcome Jeb - it's good to see you've stuck it out. In medical terms I think it's fair to say your intro to SRP was a bit of a difficult birth, but I trust that with time you'll come to see that the good things that have been said about the members here have been well earned.

Best of luck!

Jeb,
Your last post rubbed most of us the wrong way. As gssixgun rightly noted, this IS a gentleman's club, and most of us behave accordingly. I am willing to apologize for my (deleted) comment to you. However, referring to a gesture of respect toward another senior member as unwarranted "back-patting" is uncalled for. Learn our standards of behaviour or begone. I spent too many years of my life dealing with so-called wannabe "tough guys" like you in dressing rooms who never measured up to a tin whistle in a high wind on the ice only to see them crumple and end up crying in the trainer's room when taking stitches. Talking tough here is easy. Try it in real life sometime.
Demanding satisfaction,
mapleleafalumnus

Originally Posted by jebbaker

sorry. im a talker and not a lurker.

if you met me in person you would understand that i dont have a problem asking anyone questions about something i find very interesting.
when i wanted to get my helicopter rating i just went in the door introduced myself and said i didint need in intro flight and that i wanted to take my first hour.

when i joined the army i did the same thing. i walked in and said hello my name is jeb and where do i sign.

i am a member of a pilots forum and we have many noobs stop in and start asking questions. unless they are total jerks then we answer them by telling them where to go for basic information and getting them into a conversation to see where they want to go because many of them dont even know where to start. that is where i am now with shaving with i straight razor. i thought that i would be able to get into a running conversation with some people. looks like i have but not in the way i or anyone here would have liked. i was a little put off by how some that first bunch of posts went. i felt like was being told to do something with no directions and no place to look.

to the gents who sent me links to the vids and answered some questions you do a service to the forum. str8tshooter, jaswarb, smalltank, ignatius.

i am a tradesman my self. i am a welder first and now an inspector. i am learning to fly a helicopter. i am learning to shave with a straight razor. on the things i find most interesting i jump right in. all of these things take many hours of practice and time getting it right. i tell my welding students that your learning curve makes a jump when you make a mistake and learn from it. (i hope to not make too many mistakes on face as i only have one and its gotten me a lovely wife)

ok next subject.
what is....OP (figured this one out)....GYIF...i got out of the army a long long long time ago and surely dont remember any of those and well....i am not to up on the forum slang.

jeb

Originally Posted by jebbaker

sorry. im a talker and not a lurker.
jeb

No, you are a loudmouth whiner who complains when he doesn't get precisely what he wants the first time out of the gate, just like a 3-year old baby.