30 posts and not one guy will stick up for Mr Carter? Sorry guys, but I don't see the big deal here.
First of all, this guy knows steel. Read his bio - I'm sure he's not misrepresenting himself solely to dupe the online world. Though I would agree that Mr Carter doesn't follow conventional high SRP standards the fact is that he states at the beginning that he is one of us: a straight razor shaver. I'm assuming that he is shaving with his own edges and not shipping his razors out to Lynn every month, so following that logic it would also be safe to assume that his edges are indeed shave ready and likely comfortable (for him). Who knows what that comfort level is, who cares?
I'm not saying that I would ever sharpen a razor this way, neither do I think a newb should take begginer honing lessons from this video. I'm also not convinced that was his intention, and perhaps he did this on purpose to laugh at the uproar it would stir up (?). But I'm not going to automatically jump on the bashing bandwagon because his methods are unorthodox and non-conformist. If it works for him for his daily shaving experience, then great!
Unfortunately, forums sometimes turn us into honing snobs, thumbing our collective noses at different approachs. Do a search on coticule or BBW and you'll see some "heated disagreements". Would anyone here be willing to contact Mr Carter to try one of his edges before finding him guilty?