Thread: Argh, HAD is kicking in!

I've spent so many hours this week looking at hones, and I'm sooooo close to ordering a coticule from Howard. There's not really a point to this thread, I just had to vent the HAD. I want I want I want! It's amazing how badly one can want something as simple as some scratchy rock

I feel your anxiety and it's warranted . . . I've only been attempting to hone for the last few months and I've already accumulated a 4K/8K Norton, two coticules (one small vintage and one new one), a thuringian, a Swaty, a Chinese 12K, and a DMT1200. Oh, and a pasted paddle strop.

Careful, or this might become your future!

Do it. Now.

Josh

Lmao, thanks Josh.

It's not a question of whether I will get one, it's just when. I think I'll end up first with one of the smaller coticules, then eventually something with a lower grit when I get better. I'd like to get to the point where I can get good razors into shave readiness, plus knives. I want to put those stupid knife sharpening jigs to shame

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

It's not a question of whether I will get one, it's just when.

I think Josh answered your "when" question as well - "Now"
well, what can I say - i know what you mean by 'wanting something so badly' - no point resisting it for too long.

No offense, but buying a yellow coticule does not qualify as HAD yet.
I have 2 nortons, a flattening stone, a yellow /blue belgian combo, a small yellow bout, an unnamed coarse stone and a belgian blue.

The latter 2 stones I picked up at a flea market, the small bout I got from my mother, and the others I just bought for a reasonable price.
They serve different purposes (1 for taking out nicks, 1 for honing and 1 for finishing)

So even that does not qualify as HAD. Especially since I haven't bought a hone in almost a year.

True HAD is when you start spending > 400 dollar for your 2nd yellow / green escher or 3d japanese natural stone. And when you have it you want another. and another, and 300 dollar is a bargain...

It's HAD for me because I can't quit thinking about it. It's silly to think of rocks all day, especially when I've got waaaay more important stuff to think of.

I'll have an order in to Howard by this weekend

What more important things?

Josh

Allergies for one- my nasal passages are dripping

I've got a test for a new job coming up too, so we'll see how that goes

Pshaw! These things pale in comparison...

Nasal drip is a common symptom of HAD, by the way.

Josh