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    I know man that's why I said that I wasn't coming down on your personally for making the comment. I have a hard time finding info using the forum's search option. It's always way to broad.

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    Another resource that has helped me is subscribing to threads. When I find a really useful and informative thread that I know I will want to refer to again in the future I go to "thread tools" in the menu running across the top above the post. Click the arrow and the "Subscribe to thread" in the drop down menu. The thread will be saved in the User CP. Up on the tool bar you will see "User CP". Click on that and a menu on the left has a link to your subscribed threads.

    As far as searches go I will often search for keywords in a specific forum rather then all forums. I use the "search this forum" link within the specific forum. It is on the right next to "thread tools" on the bar directly over the display of posts. It is below the general search button. A search in a specific forum can narrow it down considerably if it is a topic like honing.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.

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    I have never used the thread tools or any of the other buttons up there. Thanks for pointing out the obvious to which I have been completely oblivious!

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    Hoglahoo brings up a very good point. I too like using google to search the site for me. You can either enter it the way he does which is much easier or just go to advance search and put the SRP address in the domain search.

    Like Dups said, often times you want to look up how many laps to take on a coticule and you have to look through every post on "coticules" and every post on "laps" to find what you want.

    Keep up the good questions Dups, I'd like to think I'm not a complete newb anymore but I still learn a lot from what you would call a "newb question". Sometimes you don't realize you were in need of new info until you're reading it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loueedacat View Post
    I love Howard's post. It is indeed a jedi thing. And it is relaxing to shut everything out and feel the hone.
    Agreed, Howard's coticule usage post is succinct and great. Can't believe I hadn't ever found it before you linked it here, thanks loueedacat. I love the last few lines from Howard's post, referencing learning to hone with a coticule by feel:

    In an online honing forum, that's about as close as we'll get to Henry V's St. Crispin's Day Speech at Agincourt. Heck, it made me unsheath my coticule and get to honing, since I don't hold my manhood cheap, sir!

    Great stuff, Howard.

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