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10-09-2013, 11:23 PM #1The First Cut is the Deepest!
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I flat out love honing. More stones, more styles, more technique Its a great way to de-stress (when all goes well) and pass the time (when things are not working out as nice as hoped)
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10-09-2013, 11:27 PM #2Member
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i hone because I want to be self sufficient.
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10-09-2013, 11:30 PM #3Senior Member
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am also self sufficient,back in the day I played semi pro baseball,but I never had a desire to make my own bats and balls
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10-09-2013, 11:32 PM #4Senior Member
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I've seen your brushes,,,,maybe you should have,,,,,
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10-09-2013, 11:36 PM #5Senior Member
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You have pulled a cord John Originally Posted by Hirlau
I've seen your brushes,,,,maybe you should have,,,,, a solid Ebony baseball bat,i can do that,for about $500.00 thats what the material would cost.
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10-09-2013, 11:40 PM #6barba crescit caput nescit
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I've gotten as far as a Coti with a Crox balsa board, and leather stropping board in order to refresh my razors...took me awhile to get all 12 professionally honed, and am going to visit a honemeister to learn first hand how to use the Coti and the refresh process.
Having said that, with 12 shave ready, and my refresher kit, it should be a long time before I need to send them out again...so no honing is in the cards for me...for a skill that takes a considerable time to get good at...I'll pay the pro's.
My two cents...
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10-09-2013, 11:41 PM #7Senior Member
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Some people like to make and eat chocolate chip cookies.
Others just want to eat them.
Whatever floats your boat.My father was an engineer. He used to tell me that sharpening a straight razor is like trying to build a ladder to the moon out of a roll of aluminum foil.
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10-09-2013, 11:47 PM #8Senior Member
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Everyone has good points for both sides of the coin...
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10-10-2013, 12:35 AM #9Senior Member
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I can visualize that. Ivory section just above the grip with maybe some silver bands in between. Originally Posted by pixelfixed
You have pulled a cord John a solid Ebony baseball bat,i can do that,for about $500.00 thats what the material would cost.Good judgment comes from experience, and experience....well that comes from poor judgment.
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10-10-2013, 12:41 AM #10Senior Member
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I am not cheap about some things but I'm as cheap as you can get about others. Damned if I'm going to send my razor to someone else every time it needs to be honed or touched up. So I've saved lots of money by honing my own razors ........ long as you don't ask how much I have into hones ....
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