Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
What I got a kick out of was this post by Tim Zowada 4 years ago ....... after many threads, that went for pages and pages, of guys opining on the 'double bevel'.

Then, updating, Tim said, "Someday I'll update the web page to show just what I'm doing. In short, I don't really create a double bevel. I use extra tape, and an Escher, to very carefully knock of the teeth/serrations off the edge. I actually strive to avoid a double bevel." This was somewhat confusing at the time, considering everything that had been posted before he 'clarified' things.
Doh...!

Wait a minute though! I think the reason why Tim's explanation is so enigmatic and strange is that Tim is not really speaking american english - in fact, he seems to be striving to avoid speaking in american english and has chosen double dutch as his means of expression on this occasion.

A colaborration between Tim, Edward Lear and Spike Milligan would have proved most entertaining to the aficionado of true nonsense...

Mid you, Donald Rumsfeld could probably give them all a run for their money if he felt so inclined:

...as we know, there are known single bevels; these are bevels that we know that we know. We also know there are known razor steel unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know about the alloys used in razor making. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know, like the use of double bevels with known razor steel unknowns...

I hope that clears the matter up for us all.

Regards,
Neil