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10-20-2014, 10:50 PM #51Senior Member
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Yup and a violin is just a box with strings on it!
Originally Posted by DaveW
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10-20-2014, 10:58 PM #52barba crescit caput nescit
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Now that was brilliant....well said. Originally Posted by RezDog
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10-20-2014, 11:21 PM #53Razor Vulture
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Well-said. I dunno how brilliant, though! Originally Posted by Phrank
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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10-20-2014, 11:24 PM #54barba crescit caput nescit
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Sorry sharptonn, it was an intellectual thing....I'll explain it to you later... Originally Posted by sharptonn
Well-said. I dunno how brilliant, though!
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10-21-2014, 01:02 AM #55Razor Vulture
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Oh well. So much for mysticism!
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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10-21-2014, 02:37 AM #56Senior Member
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Wait, Pat.
What?
Lynn didn’t break out a Coticle and hold a séance, burn some candles or sage, a fog machine, at least?
What the hell kind of Wizard is he?
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10-21-2014, 03:16 AM #57The Great & Powerful Oz
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"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" Originally Posted by Euclid440
The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.
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10-21-2014, 04:14 PM #58Senior Member
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Yes, but a mandolin is a nightmare!! Originally Posted by RezDog
(It's funny that violins are mentioned. I know a maker of violins, guitars, violas, cellos, viola da gambas, spinets and harpsichords. I don't know that he's ever complained about any of them being hard to make, but he mentioned that mandolins are deceptively complicated. He's also toolmaker, and I can't get him to experiment to see if he can make razors, but I'd bet he could've made some fine ones in his prime. )
What I'm slowly getting at is that if the stones are decent stones and suitable for the task, honing a good razor is not remotely as difficult as even carving a single scroll on a violin. If the stones are subpar, then the method of not removing the edge has to be used to have a really fine edge, and one has to suffer through some rough shaves until the linen and strop have created a good edge.sharptonn likes this.
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10-21-2014, 11:34 PM #59The Great & Powerful Oz
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Simplicity & ease are not interchangeble. The act of honing a razor is as simple or difficult today as it was 30 years ago for me.
The ease with which I do it has changed.
Making ethernet cables, getting those tiny wires in the right sequence at both ends & getting them all the way home in the plug. Now that's difficult....
The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.
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10-22-2014, 12:03 AM #60
Thats exactly why i buy ethernet cables wherever possible, plus shopbought ones look better. Originally Posted by onimaru55
Simplicity & ease are not interchangeble. The act of honing a razor is as simple or difficult today as it was 30 years ago for me.
The ease with which I do it has changed.
Making ethernet cables, getting those tiny wires in the right sequence at both ends & getting them all the way home in the plug. Now that's difficult....Bread and water can so easily become tea and toast
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