Thread: I'm not sure what to say about this.

Originally Posted by Maxi

I live in an old house. I can pull a dry one or a wet one from the rafters for you. They're pricey though. The dry will run you $100, and the wet, because I've had to wait for nature to do the softening....it's gonna be an easy $300. Just let me know.

The check is in the mail.

I don't think I'd like to try that. If I was just learning how to hone, and this was the first video I'd seen, I would be totally confused.

I also noticed that he 1) used quite a bit of pressure with his fingers on the toe of the blade, and 2) he consistently touched the toe of the blade to the stone before any other part of the razor.

There's many ways to skin a cat, but I think I'll leave this one for Murray Carter.

Well I suppose if you're confident in your ability to sharpen a blade, you figure your technique will work for anything made of metal.

Oh, and I am just learning how to hone...Actually I feel like I know everything now. Thank goodness you posted this. I thought I was gonna have to use the search icon again.

Not my idea of a good time but I have heard and read about weirder systems lol.

I only made it 34 seconds in. When somebody talks about themselves in third person, I hit the X.

Is his razor now one of those famous Ebay shave ready razors?

Ive never honed a razor in my life and am looking to give my two a quick touch up sharpen in the next few days, from everything i have seen and read on here i was looking a little sideways at that video trying to work out how me managed to make such a hash of what seems to be a simple and delicate task.

I especially enjoyed the amount of force used to strop over the edge of his belt, the only other time i have seen that amount of force used was to try and arm wrestle a grizzlie bear to the floor

I for one will be taking my honing advice from SRP alone

You know to stop when it passes the 3 finger test" Did anybody else notice the ambulance on its way at 2:24? Now you know why!

I am not saying that razor will not shave, i'm sure it will. I think i understand why he says his scissors shave better than a straight razor now though.

/Why did he spend so much time talking about the Japanese hone, but not use it?

Forgetting his "3 finger test" his method is not completely wrong. he quite clearly calls what he is doing after the 1000k stone "Stropping" This will in fact leave a trailing edge of metal, which will be broken off by drawing the blade through the soft wood. Is it the correct way to sharpen a razor? define "correct" Will it work? certainly. Would THIS guy ever do it to one of his own razors? (third person speak ) Hells No!

And in all fairness, maybe when he said "we" he was referring to the entirety of the carter cutlery corp. because I am pretty certain Mr. Carter is not personally going to Japan and flying the waterstones back in his luggage.