Thread: General Question and Answer Database Idea

It looks very good but there is one omission.
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When your done lapping the hone be sure to place the hone under running water and rub it with your hand or a nylon Scotchbrite type of pad or a brush. The purpose is to remove any embedded sandpaper grit from the hone. To check that there is no grit is embedded take a blade and slowly and gently make a stroke across the hone. If there is any embedded grit then it will feel like a road bump. Isolate the embedded grit and remove it.

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I'd like to nominate this thread as a good source of some Newbie questions which should also be addressed. I know I asked these myself and no doubts some of you did too. The honing 101 thread will also be used in the final product.

Anyone in agreement or not?

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

I'd like to nominate this thread as a good source of some Newbie questions which should also be addressed. I know I asked these myself and no doubts some of you did too. The honing 101 thread will also be used in the final product.

Anyone in agreement or not?

Make a list of the good questions and lets get the discussions started.

I'd say "Hone Lapping 101", with the suggestions to date added, looks ready.

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

I'd like to nominate this thread as a good source of some Newbie questions which should also be addressed.

Anyone in agreement or not?

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Make a list of the good questions and lets get the discussions started.

+1.

I'd also like to suggest this single post for inclusion, under something like "Hones, Learning to Hone, one student's observations". Where ever the final categories would pigeonhole it.

It actually answers a lot of questions from a new guys' practical viewpoint.

As a biography it won't need any additions, it's pretty much simply one new fellow's opinion/evolution while learning to hone. Seemed pretty educational and "spot on" when I first read it.

Originally Posted by Sticky

I'd also like to suggest this single post for inclusion, under something like "Hones, Learning to Hone, one student's observations".

Sticky I agree with you here this is an excellent post. However to include it as an FAQ I would like to reword it so that it takes the same format as the other FAQs that have been made so far. Alternatively if you guys feel it should stay exactly as it is i'll happily reference the post in a honing FAQ.

Re: my most recent post for those who couldnt click on the link the nebie questions posted there were....

Advice on what blade to get

1. Stainless or carbon?
Which is better for beginner, and which is better for advanced?

2. What size?
longer/shorter, wider/thinner and what is the difference for beginners and advanced butchers ?

3. What price?
Should i get a cheaper, older and more worn out and ugly looking, or should i get a not so cheap old one, with good-quality and good looks, which i will use for longer time.

4. How hollow?
And what does hollow mean?

These are the questions. Your thoughts?

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

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However to include it as an FAQ I would like to reword it so that it takes the same format as the other FAQs that have been made so far. Alternatively if you guys feel it should stay exactly as it is i'll happily reference the post in a honing FAQ.

I have no idea what additions will be needed to make it FAQ-worthy. If kilowattkid doesn't mind the changes, I sure don't.

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Advice on what blade to get
... Your thoughts?

Can't help with this one, my experience with different razor variations isn't that extensive. My answers would be too limited.

Originally Posted by Sticky

Can't help with this one, my experience with different razor variations isn't that extensive. My answers would be too limited.

Sticky I am in exactly the same boat as you here. I have precisely 1 razor. Period.

I need to remedy that. Fast.

Regarding RandyDance's note about oldtimers burning out on answering questions:

No need for an FAQ for that.

As older old-timers burn out, newer oldtimers take their place.


And people learn by teaching. If someone asks a question, I encourage the true old timers to stand back and let some of the newer "senior members" respond. We learn by thinking about the question and answering with our own experience.



The fact is, there is no problem that needs solving here.

The asking of the same questions over and over again and the answering by generation after generation of experienced members is a GOOD THING and a healthy activity.

That sounds right to me.