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08-09-2015, 07:05 PM #1Member
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Honing therapy
I have recently found that sitting down with a razor and a stone or 2 is without a shadow of a doubt one of the best ways to wind down after a bad day.
Todays session was bought on by a long meal with the father in law, mother in law and sister in law along with her lawless children in a restaurant with dreadful service.
So I got in pulled a beer out of the fridge collected one of my kamisori that has gone out of rotation, my brand spanking new corticule delivered directly from Belgium this week and my favourite finishing stone, a one off slate from Wales that has served me well for many years.
Session ended. Kamisori shave ready waiting to be used tonight
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08-09-2015, 08:06 PM #2Senior Member
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It's tough when you're the only outlaw amongst a group of in laws.
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08-09-2015, 10:10 PM #3Know thyself
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I'm glad to hear it's therapeutic for you. I cannot and will not hone when I'm in a bad mood; it just doesn't work out well for anyone.
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08-12-2015, 07:03 PM #4Member
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It an exercise in mindfulness. Especially with a kami 7 strokes 1 stroke 7 stroke 1 stroke.
Just concentrate on that forget everything else for a while
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08-12-2015, 07:34 PM #5Senior Member
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Honing can be pleasurable IME, or miserable. Going back to the Wide World Of Sports intro ........ "The thrill of victory .......
...... or the agony of defeat " ...... 
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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08-12-2015, 10:49 PM #6
Yea, if it ain't going good it can put me in a very destructive frame of mind.
No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
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08-13-2015, 05:42 AM #7Member
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Hear hear. It can be a real test of patience sometimes.
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
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08-14-2015, 02:50 PM #8Veteran
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Howard Cosell. "Down goes Frazier, Down goes Frazier!" Classic. Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Honing can be pleasurable IME, or miserable. Going back to the Wide World Of Sports intro ........ "The thrill of victory ....... ...... or the agony of defeat " ......
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08-20-2015, 12:47 PM #9www.edge-dynamics.com
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Honing relaxes me like anything that makes me focus and get into the zone.
I've always had a passion for deep concentration , its when I'm at my best.
The only problem I'm starting to find is that some times I require sheer will power to finish a blade.
I'm talking about spending an age on Jnats. I'll be thinking, "come on, you can do it, Koma next and we are nearly there"
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08-21-2015, 04:33 AM #10Senior Member
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It can go either way for me. If I'm in a bad mood an easy blade can be helpfull, but a tough blade will just further frustrate me.
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