Thread: For the Sight Impaired..

This is possible a silly post, but those that know me will not be overly surprised at that...

I've spent the last four nights honing a troublesome razor. I know some of you may find that a walk in the park, a well known travail, a path well travelled but, for me, it's been a bother.

I've learned that I need to step aside from figures (i.e. 'Do 20 laps on 4, 15 on 8, 15 on 4, 10 on 8' etc) to actually looking at the problem, considering what I want to do, deciding on a solution, implementing it, testing it and adapting it to end in a desired result. To do this, I need to use my senses of sight and touch. Touch is fine, but sight is a bit iffy at almost 50. Of course I wear aids, contact lenses normally, but sometimes glasses, those graduated ones where you can see close and far (I need both) or contact lenses with my reading glasses. Many of you would have the same scenario; we can't see far OR near...

The last two nights, in shaving this razor, I've dumped my glasses altogether. I find when I really concentrate and get real close to the hone; watching the wave, I can see what's happening much better with no glasses at all. As the razor has a wide bevel, it also makes what's happening on the edge really obvious; you can see what is being polished...

For me (and it may be the same for you) going without sight aids at all has allowed me to actually literally focus on what's going on.

If you wear glasses, esp for long AND short-sightedness, I urge you to give no glasses a try..

Just thought I'd mention it... :-)