Thread: Honing Olympics

I think a contest like this would be best held in person at a meet like the one at Charlies in Texas.

I believe since I was the pot stirrer I should be the one to say how I would like to have it organized then have a vote to have three judges.
The whole shebang will go like this, the stones and stuff each participant uses to sharpen and hone the razor is up to him or her.

The razor I believe should be the same for everyone, so I think if we could find a store willing to let us borrow 5 new razors to give to each participant to hone that would be awesome, if not then I am open to suggestions.

Since I am thinking about 5 razors from a store or what not then I guess we are limited to 5 people as participants, how they are chosen I believe should be based on a voting system, everyone is free to enter but then when voting is done by forum users only the top 5 will be in the competition.

The test will go as follows, using some sort of brush, on a plain piece of wood using boar hair or whatever (have to figure this one out too) attached to the wood item a device capable of measuring the pressure on the blade will be used to "scientifically" measure the sharpness, this would be the job of one judge, then another judge should shave with it to measure the comfort, and last a judge will then look at the edge with a microscope to see how it fared. Again this are all suggestions, so please I am all ears.

The idea behind this olympic is for bragging rights and fun, if you can't handle something as simple as that then don't compete, feelings will get hurt, egos will get smashed and there will be one winner. In the name of good fun and shite hitting the fan I suggest you all take this as what it is suppose to be, a dumb contest. So who's game?

To me it wouldn't be worth anything to enter because it would only give me bragging rights about nothing.

This has been discussed before and more than once. The details were unworkable and in the end there was no real interest.

I would bet this will never happen here for many reasons.

It's a great idea ONLY if you want a rat's nest of participants, constant bickering over who really is better, recriminating statements and counter statements and every malcontent coming out of the woodwork to cause dissent for no other reason than "I want to have fun."

To keep it fair they would all have to hone a new out of box Gold Dollar[emoji1]

Originally Posted by Memorael

Has an event with such magnificent and noble cause ever been organized here? I think this would be a fun thing to do. So who's game?

Sorry but you might as well hold a "magnificent and noble cause" for who's air smells the best, who's water tastes the best, who's grass is greener etc.

99.99% of Everything about using, honing and maintaining a straight razor is Personal Preference! One man's 'smooth feeling' edge is another's 'Harsh' feeling edge.

Yup !

Will we be tested for PED's and can I use my Mystical hone??

Id rather arm wrestle for the title, at least that's tangible! Tc