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  1. 06-25-2010, 09:01 PM #1
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    So,

    I don't hone for other people generally but every once in a while if someone is my area and needs an edge I'll meet with them and knock it out.

    Such is the case today when a member here pm'd me and said he had a wapi that needed sharp and I did the deed.

    The razor had a small ding that needed a lot of attention on the 500 then I took it through setting the bevel which meant honing around a slight warp toward the heel.

    I got the razor shave-ready and went to the pasted strop and finish strops and then the test shave.

    In the middle of the effing test shave I switch my grip up and firmly plant my thumb onto the heal which I had so much trouble getting sharp.

    I bled like a liberal's heart during a public radio fund drive.

    Here I am showing this guy how to shave and then I start flinging blood all over the shave den.

    Ahhh, well.

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    Ouch. Lapping the thumb I suppose!
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    Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
    Ouch. Lapping the thumb I suppose!
    I did just get a D8C that needs to be broken in...

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    Well Brother I gotta admit that I did the exact same thing about 3 years ago, on the heel of a Wapi, when I went to strop it up I put my thumb down right on the heel and sliced it nice too...
    Now I gotta say I have never done this on any of the other thousands of razors I have honed and stropped... So by Glen rules, this obviously means that we are not "Maroons" there must be a design flaw in the Wapi heel... That is my story, and I'm sticking to it...
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    That does make me feel better!

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    That is the best way to teach somebody. Life practice. you missed blood will come out. Students will never forget that.
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    Definitely an advanced TPT technique.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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    hey let me get on this moderator/mentor thread while it's going strong

    that's it, i got nothing to say. mr. robert has left me speechless, and mr. glen too....
    http://lh5.ggpht.com/_rQyZbP-n9YM/Sg...cture%2042.pngbut can be a real meanie as well
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Definitely an advanced TPT technique.
    Good one Jimmy. I'll leave that test to you guys. Too advanced for me.
    “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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  10. 06-28-2010, 05:59 AM #10
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    Personally, I never tried the hanging thumb test because I never had anyone to properly teach me. I better visit the G-man or Mr. Robert so I can learn what's what...

    BTW that red stuff is just natural paste. Especially great on horsehide strops.
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