well it seems to become one of the steps closer to a true honer this is a right of passage. honing 100 razors. what do you all think about this. good idea or bad.
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well it seems to become one of the steps closer to a true honer this is a right of passage. honing 100 razors. what do you all think about this. good idea or bad.
I fail to understand what you mean?
Are you planning on buying 100 hones?
lets try that again lol
Are you asking if it is a good idea to hone 100 razors? I still don't get it.
good lord lol, i havent even been drinking tonight. yes that is the question lol. i have seen several members do this for free.
If you are learning to hone, I would suggest you do it on your own razors.
Jason i don't think so you can do so. I think it was some issues with 100 free honing . Try send private messages to the moderators before offering free honing .
GL
Your question was whether we would perceive if, that after honing a hundred razors, you would be a step closer to being a 'true honer' wasn't it?
I don't think so. You would probably be a step closer if you learned (and I'm not presuming that you are a learner, just using this for example) if after honing one satisfactorily you could repeat that step, then face the next challenge.
I must have painted a hundred walls - I'm still no closer to being a Leonardo da Vinci, though!:)
Regards,
Neil
I can hit 100 golf balls, and I'm pretty sure that I'm just about as likely on shot #100 to shank that sucka into the woods!:)
Assuming you are employing proper technique learned from an advanced member one on one and/or from reading, videos and the like..... the old adage "practice makes perfect" is applicable IME.
BTW, nothing wrong with buying 100 razors IMO and 200 is even better. YMMV. Just don't buy 'em all at once. :)
OK I admit it the whole 100 razor goal was my fault, but it was taken so far out of context it ain't even funny...
Somewhere back in a discussion with one of the various now gone Honsters I said "You should hone a 100 razors before you even think about saying you know anything about honing" we were talking e-bay razors here BTW, that somehow got turned into "If I hone 100 razors I am a Honemeister" Then some of them started offering free honing to accomplish this, which was not part of the conversation at all... Now we all know how that turned out, so yes we put an end to all that...
Now I will own up to saying the 100 razor thing,(even though they took it out of context) but after that, it was all serious BS and has no basis in fact what-so-ever....
:soapbox: Climbing back down now :)
I must have honed a bit more than 100 razors by now. I know nothing about honing. And I would feel very, very uncomfortable honing other people's razors before I've reached 1.000 razors. Maybe even more. And I'm not talking about restoration, I'm talking about touch ups. Ever tried touching up a wedge? Mirror polish? I would not touch this razor with a ten foot bargepole, although it is mine and not somebody else's.
Just some food for thought.
Regards,
Robin
It sounds like a good Idea in theory, but I think that in reality when you have 100+ razors sitting in a box and have to label them to remember who is who, account for shipping costs, and have a disclaimer that says that if a razor is fubared then it's not your fault... I'd be pretty overwhelmed. It's a good Idea to do something good for people and help someone out and in the process improve your honing skills but you might have more hair on your head left if you just donate some of that time to a local organization or something. I realize how much time is really takes to hone 1 razor. I would not have that time to spare for people anxiously waiting to get their razor back.
If you'd really like to learn maybe you should just buy a few ebay razors with different grinds, shapes and sizes, hone them all them proceed to dull them all and hone them again; repeat this process 20 times and you'll be better off than you were before.
Good luck and enjoy!
Ok, I've really missed the ball with the whole "honester" thing. I remember reading about it when I first joined last year, and I was under the impression that honesters were people who liked honing, and wanted to learn more about it?
It now sounds more to me like its some sort of weird pseudo-title that people were giving themselves to boost their image or something? Or was it an attempt to get a honing/ restoration business off the ground?
:shrug:
I find myself agreeing with BeBerlin more and more frequently. :shrug:
--thought so, my forehead is blazingly, feverishly hot - there had to be a reason for it. :)
:beer2:
Thanks BeBerlin! That clears that one up nicely...! :)
well ok sorry to open that can of worms, i must of completely missed that whole thread about things going bad. i didnt mean to get anyone going. again sorry. i am requesting that the mod of this section please delete this thread. i will make sure that i really think about what i post from now on
JB there is no need to delete it, and no reason to feel bad, Honest it was a legit question ain't no rule about asking those here ....:)