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Has anyone else, been neglecting their razors, due to horrible, horrible HAD?
Ive purchased so many stones, this last month, that ive been literally neglecting my razors, shaving with an inferior edge and havnt been able to even test alot of the stones ive recently aquired.
Ugh! This is the one time, i wished i had a bossy wife at home. :(
Mac
Send me a pm, I have a solution that will help you. I really feel for your situation and just want to help reduce the load you've understandably and forgiveably put yourself under
Ahh...clutches stones tighter and slowly backs away from hoglahoo.:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
Mac
Razors? We're all interested in razors here???? Seriously though, I understand where you're coming from. When I go to antique shops and antique shows, sure I have one eye looking for razors, but hands down, I'm looking more for vintage hones and stones. The thrill is greater with stones. I think part of the reason for that with me is that in my area there are so.....many.....CRAPPY razors or boring razors out there; by CRAPPY, I mean over priced and/or damaged beyond repair and worthless razors. When I find stones, generally, after lapping, they turn out to be gems.
Chris L
Yeah, that is the allure...i buy a nasty black, dirty stone and take it home for cleaning. Its like opening a xmas present...i dont really care what the stone turns out to be...i like them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisL
I recently found a rock shop, close by and cut a minnesota pipestone, just to see what it looks like inside...actually it holds some promise as a barber-type hone.
Mac
You only neglected your razors?
I can present you with a much longer list of things to neglect! :)
(Still lucky I don't have a bossy hubby at home, hehehe)
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Originally Posted by McWolf1969
Keeping a tight grip on your hones and slowly backing away from Lee is almost always a good plan.:rofl2:
I'm collecting acronyms and abbreviations and putting them on said page. Just to clarify:Quote:
Originally Posted by McWolf1969
HAD = Hone Acquisition Disorder ?
Thanks,
Kent
If you already havn't, check out this page...Quote:
Originally Posted by keenedge
Acronyms and Abbreviations - Straight Razor Place Wiki
Mac
Put it this way, when I go to the classifieds the first tab I click on is 'strops and hones' not straight razors. :shrug: With fourteen coticules not to mention Eschers, Thuringans, Nortons, Shaptons, and Naniwas I am now infatuated with barber hones of all things. Resisting the call of the Nakayama ..... so far.
Yep, HAD isn't on that page. That's why I asked. I'm adding all acronyms and abbreviations I come across, that I don't know, to that page. I just want to be sure I'm not adding the wrong information. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by McWolf1969
Kent
Have you guys done any stone cutting yet?
It is probably the most Zen experience ever...next to just sitting in front of the television and honing.
Pretty spectacular...and ya get to see the pretty insides of the stone too.
Oh...btw...once an oilstone, always and oilstone. I treated an old arkansas with oven cleaner (Olivia,) then boiled it in water, with detergent for over an hour (Ronnie Brown,) then cut it open...totally full of oil. Just a bit o' information.
Mac
OMG!!! SHUDDERS!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 0livia
Very, very nice Olivia.
Mac
Looks like Olivia is buying Belguim - one little piece at a time...Quote:
Originally Posted by 0livia
not Belgium, but rather the region where I come from.
I always found those mountains disturbing, hehehe
Credits go to my brother, btw. He sent the pic of his Zen exercising yesterday.
Parcel follows.
Then my Zen comes, to lap them all :gth
I want one of those...where are they from Olivia?
Mac
These are more Frankonians, Mac!
Here is what Buddel says
That is really cool Olivia! Looks like ya might have a gold-mine there.
Now i need to find some stone, native to Washington, and do some trading with ya. LOL.
Mac
You guys have lost me on this one(again). What is the point of just having stuff.
JHS
Using, selling and trading it :)
McWolf1969 reads above quote..."blinks," reads again..."blinks,"....:hmmm:Quote:
Originally Posted by kevint
Before I started this straight razor stuff I asked my mother the same thing about here massive collection of kitchen pots & pans ( over 120 frying pans...ten years ago), her cookbook collection ( now about 1000?) and her multiple sets of dinnerware and silverware. I just did not understand the motivation!:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by kevint
Now that I have hundreds of razors and many, many hones I do understand.
Each is unique, all coticules are not the same nor are thuringens or any of the other natural hones. Each of the manmade hones has its own unique characteristics. Each gives a different effect on a razors edge and that I find intriguing!
This is a hobby for me and like most hobbies no attempt at rational behavior is attempted.:) One time I went thru my razors and set aside those that had some unique feature other than scales, in the end that resulted in a group of more than 100 razors!
Personally, I like variety. Routine is, for me, a dirty word.
So, Olivia!...send me a PM and tell me about those Frankon stones!:)
Well said Randy.
Thanks,
Mac
...and what did she say?
I understand the necessity of diversity, while admiring more the simple.
Duplicity will send you on an endless track, circling; all the while ignoring the purpose for beginning the journey in the first place.
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Originally Posted by kevint
Duplicativity? Eh! Just gives you an excuse to start another trip. :beer2: