Thread: Finding the perfect edge. Yeah right.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

the Europeans have been using a loaded strop longer than we have been a country, any thing from Chimney black, to modern pastes, people didn't have all these stones ,, your actually doing it the way its been done for eons

Here's a couple of 'recipes' from The Whitehouse Cook Book. 1887 Edition;

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Here's a couple of 'recipes' from The Whitehouse Cook Book. 1887 Edition;

How do you find such esoteric stuff so quickly?

Originally Posted by DZEC

How do you find such esoteric stuff so quickly?

First and foremost--I had to look up esoteric

I have two copies of the cook book. An original and a reprint. I'd read the recipes long ago so I just took a picture of the recipes and posted it.

It's really interesting to read how things were done a few years ago. Washington State was still a territory in 1887 (it's also the year my great grandfather registered his brand). Washington didn't become a state until 1889.

For example under Menus for September for breakfast you'll find;

Musk Melon
Corn Meal Mush
Fried Smelt
Potatoes a la Cream
Veal Hash on Toast
Graham Gems
Wheat Bread
Coffee

Each has the page number following it including coffee

Can you get spermaceti on Amazon or the bay, Roy?

I love these discussions about "the perfect edge" we all chase. It's like I always say: there are many roads to sharp.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Can you get spermaceti on Amazon or the bay, Roy?

I love these discussions about "the perfect edge" we all chase. It's like I always say: there are many roads to sharp.

Maybe in Japan--they are still harvesting whales for 'research'.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Maybe in Japan--they are still harvesting whales for 'research'.

So do we.
Good stuff to put on the egg.
I love whale steaks

Originally Posted by Birnando

So do we.
Good stuff to put on the egg.
I love whale steaks

Good to see you you whale eating son of a gun lol.

Learn something new every day. I know that our Inuit harvest some. So is there enough of a supply that perhaps whale bone would be available for project or are there restrictions on export