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03-27-2008, 07:50 PM #1French Toast Please!
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Can You Believe This?!?
I just had a self indulgent day. I went to the tailor to get some new shirts made and then I thought, what better way to spend the rest of my afternoon off? RAZOR HUNTING of course! I went to a few shops and finally saw some straights in one (nothing too good though) and after a short conversation with the shop owner he told me something I can't believe. He said that he sharpens razors with 300 girt sandpaper on a hand held vibrating palm sander!!!
I told him he should research razor honing and that I was pretty sure that it was a bad idea to sharpen a razor this way.
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03-28-2008, 09:32 PM #2Natty Boh
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Damn , why didn't I think of that !
Originally Posted by sicboater
I wonder what he uses for a strop 
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03-28-2008, 09:38 PM #3There is no charge for Awesomeness
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Good Lord! Originally Posted by dave5225
Damn , why didn't I think of that ! I wonder what he uses for a strop 
As for the strop, he's probably got a roll of 600 grit sandpaper pasted onto a plank of wood...
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03-28-2008, 10:33 PM #4Senior Member
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Hey, that spine's not too flat!
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03-28-2008, 11:01 PM #5Senior Member
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WTF???
Was he joking or was he talking about the blade for his lawnmower? Please let it be some kind of sick mistake.
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03-29-2008, 01:47 AM #6Member
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Funny, just tonight I clamped a blade in a vise and used a dual-action pneumatic sander with #320 grit.
Not on the edge, of course. just cleaning up the surface a bit....
ON MY AXE.
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03-29-2008, 03:44 AM #7Senior Member
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Ain't that how its done? Originally Posted by sicboater
I just had a self indulgent day. I went to the tailor to get some new shirts made and then I thought, what better way to spend the rest of my afternoon off? RAZOR HUNTING of course! I went to a few shops and finally saw some straights in one (nothing too good though) and after a short conversation with the shop owner he told me something I can't believe. He said that he sharpens razors with 300 girt sandpaper on a hand held vibrating palm sander!!! I told him he should research razor honing and that I was pretty sure that it was a bad idea to sharpen a razor this way.
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03-31-2008, 07:12 PM #8Hardcore
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sure! just turn your belt sander over and let her rip!!
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03-31-2008, 08:40 PM #9Senior Member
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you should have asked him to show you how he shaves.. tell him u want a demonstration.
oh the look on his face using a 300grit sandpaper finished blade would be amazing.
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03-31-2008, 08:51 PM #10French Toast Please!
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Of course the guy had a full beard. Too funny. It would be like shaving with a ginsu knife.
Originally Posted by jscott
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