While helping my father-in-law move house on the weekend we got talking about razors. I was telling him about how I test for sharpness with a HH and arm hair etc..
Anyway, he told me what his father and grandfather (supposedly) used to do with their cutthroats to test sharpness. In the interests of keeping things marginally tasteful, let's just say he reckoned they used the "coarser" hairs of the body (those that even baldies like me possess), still attached to that part of the anatomy from whence they grow. If the razor could split the hair lengthwise, the razor was sharp!!
I told him that if a razor could do that, then I had no doubt it was sharp!:eek: He never cracked a smile once during this whole conversation.
I think he's pulling my leg, trying to see if I'm stupid enough to try it out (like fetching left-handed screwdrivers etc.). I mean, even if it's true it's not likely to become anyone's preferred method of sharpness testing!
I know this is probably a stupid question, but no one has ever heard of this, have they? (Please say no)
James.