Thread: Honing services

Your blades for sale are a good start as the buyers will indicate if they are satisfied with the sharpness, especially since you're selling them dirt-cheap. Everybody wins

This thread was quite the can of worms. I'm still thinking all of this through.

SRP is a really cool community with a lot of guys who'll help out a newbie just for the satisfaction of doing a good deed. I'd never want to detract from that.

On the other hand, there are probably guys who don't have a desire to learn to hone and will always just send their razors off for sharpening. I guess these are the guys I have in mind.

A honemeister edge is like the Cadillac of shaving. I guess I'm trying to decide whether it's ethical or wise to offer Ford or Toyota level service at a lower price.

Of course, if I can keep getting razors to polish up and sell, that would be a good start. I think I'll stick with that for a while at least.

Thanks for all the great feedback.
Josh

Josh, go on as you suggested, send a few of your honed razors to Lynn or someone to check and advise. After that if you feel your honing is up to scratch then you are all set.

I would also like to see the title "honemeister" changed as this can be miss leading to newbies etc..

I can make scales and have over 1,000 posts but I ain't no honemeister yet.

Gary

The fact that you even ask that question says to me that you'd be an ethical businessman. I say if you think you can meet the needs of your customers, go for it. Nobody ever succeeded in a business by never taking a risk.

In fact, I have an E-bay razor I've been trying to hone but just don't have the tools to do properly. I was thinking of sending it out to be done, and I'll send it to you if you'd care to take it on.

Originally Posted by garythepenman

I would also like to see the title "honemeister" changed as this can be miss leading to newbies etc..

I can make scales and have over 1,000 posts but I ain't no honemeister yet.

Gary

Actually I think this is a very good idea, because it confused me as hell.
When I started getting answers to my first questions I was thinking 'WTF, is everybody a honemeister?

And then I saw Harold's post where he said he was going to learn honing, and he too is ranked honemeister.

Another 40 or so posts and I too will be a honemeister

IMO, the honemeister rank should be reserved for people who have proven they can hone razors to a perfect edge.
That would make it easier for newbies to figure out who's who.

Agree ^ ^ ^ its was not until a few days that i realised that Honemeister did not really mean that, but that somebody could post in alot of threads but what could we change the High Posters status to??

Originally Posted by Yourmum90

Agree ^ ^ ^ its was not until a few days that i realised that Honemeister did not really mean that, but that somebody could post in alot of threads but what could we change the High Posters status to??

Sad man, looking for a life?


Edit: previous sentence should have included of course. I really appreciate all the help I get here.

In other forums they use terms like 'Veteran' or 'Guru'.
On the Sumo forum (which uses the same engine I think) they map posting volume to an existing ranking in Sumo.

But seriously, maybe something that reflects posting volume rather than a crafts skill. But one thing I'd like to know is whether the powers that be think there is value to a change like this. Otherwise there is little point in spending time thinking about it.

Feng,

I'd be glad to give your razor a shot for free. PM me and we'll work out the details.

Josh

Originally Posted by garythepenman

I would also like to see the title "honemeister" changed as this can be miss leading to newbies etc.

Guys, you've got to get past this anal topic. Anyone that gives credence to a title that is based on the number of posts needs to step back and take another look at themselves. I'm not defending the use of "Honemeister" after 100 posts... far from it. The number of posts can't validate ANY TITLE... period! How many posts on SRP would make someone a "honemeister"? Does 25 make a "shaver"? 50 a "barber"? Why not pick on them too? If Maestro Livi were to post, would he be a "honemeister" after his first post, his 100th post, his 1000th post? What?

Unfortunately virtually every set of titles you can conjure up has a connotation that someone can misinterpret if they are foolish enough to go there. The reason newbies misinterpret is because they're NEWBIES. We'll change the titles and the thresholds someday... and we'll make them as innocuous as possible... then you can say whatever happened to "Honemeister"

(Now, before you decide to post a reply to what I've said, I'm not looking for a reply, solution, answer, or anything... I'm just expressing my feelings that NONE of our titles make any sense related to the number of posts. And none ever will, most likely. If you insist on answering anyway, I'm telling you to open a new thread in the Site Comments forum if you want to discuss it further. Let's leave Josh's thread on topic!)