Thread: simple honing under the stereo scope

Bob,

take a look at the first reply to this whole thread


"Afraid you lost me after mentioning burrs."


that was the whole reply.

nothing else.

what do you think a newbie to straight razor honing thinks after they read something like that?

id think that they would think one of two things:
1. is that a burr must be a bad thing instead of just a thing and that whoever posted that must think a burr is a demon to be avoided at all cost.
or
2. whoever would reply something like that with no explaination is looking to up their post count to impress their internet friends.

Originally Posted by caltoncutlery

Bob,

take a look at the first reply to this whole thread


"Afraid you lost me after mentioning burrs."


that was the whole reply.

nothing else.

what do you think a newbie to straight razor honing thinks after they read something like that?

id think that they would think one of two things:
1. is that a burr must be a bad thing instead of just a thing and that whoever posted that must think a burr is a demon to be avoided at all cost.
or
2. whoever would reply something like that with no explaination is looking to up their post count to impress their internet friends.

I see your point. Just should have added that most simply see no need to raise a burr when honing a straight razor. That really should be self evident if anyone cruises the honing sub forum for a while. There is always more than one way to skin a cat though. Seems knife makers turning their hand to making straight razors are advocates of the raising the burr method while traditional straight razor users do not for the most part have that in their normal honing routine.

Bob