Thread: Shaving with a spoon

The bigger challenge would be to eat with that spoon. You could end up looking like the Joker with a permanent smile

It wasn't a spoon it was a spoon shaped object! I found it the clip mildly interesting and chose to take his potentially egotistical comments as tongue in cheek.

Fair play to him though he seems to be able to forge, temper and hone an object; as far as I can see its just a novel way to promote his business.

Murray has the CV. He's a legitimate fellow who was trained in Japan and passed his apprenticeship there. That makes him one of a very few non Japanese to do so. He must have got wind of the interest in Japanese style straight razors and made this video just to get some attention from likely buyers.

You have to admit, it does get attention. I found it fascinating that he flipped his razor to shave both ways. I can't see enough in the video to identify if it's a western grind or asymmetrically Japanese.

I guess I'll have to watch the thing to the end in order to see him get to a razor part.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I guess I'll have to watch the thing to the end in order to see him get to a razor part.

That was a surprise to me too, I thought he is doing his usual "I am better than anybody" thing but then he pulled out a razor...

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

Murray has the CV. He's a legitimate fellow who was trained in Japan and passed his apprenticeship there. That makes him one of a very few non Japanese to do so. He must have got wind of the interest in Japanese style straight razors and made this video just to get some attention from likely buyers.

You have to admit, it does get attention. I found it fascinating that he flipped his razor to shave both ways. I can't see enough in the video to identify if it's a western grind or asymmetrically Japanese.

Mike,

I've met with Nobel prize winners who didn't feel the need to crow about great they are.

But I digress.

Your comment piqued my interest, so I checked the Kamisori out.

He said it's an asymmetrical design (he used the Japanese "Kataha") and he said "It's steel on the back and mild steel on the front." In addition, he also said "it's a beautiful razor and you can see the evidence of the hammering on it" and I thought "Thanks for telling me and not showing me."

I watched the vid. I didn't find it offensive or irritating. If he was a hack, it would be one thing, but as Mike said, he's got the cred and actively produces work. His sense of humor doesn't amuse me, but unfortunately my stoic nature seems to inhibit me from being amused willy-nilly.

Chris L

Early in my straight razor career, I shaved with a couple home honed razors that felt as if I was shaving with a spoon (that is the Corn Flakes kind.) I dunno, I guess to each his own but I'm not sure why anyone would want to shave with a spoon (other than the aforementioned commercial/marketing stunt.)

Originally Posted by JimR

I've met with Nobel prize winners who didn't feel the need to crow about great they are....

...I thought "Thanks for telling me and not showing me."

+1 Great minds think alike. I can tolerate an arrogance that's earned far better than the kind that is un-earned. Mastery of a craft/domain is entirely different than mastery of the self. Ah well, people have to pay the rent somehow.

Like anybody who's in business he's in in it for a profit... or he's out of business.
He's marketing himself thru youtube by doing unusual & clever things with steel.
Whether he rubs people the wrong way or not, gotta admit making shaving spoons out of Hitachi white steel is novel.