Thread: Red Flags Everywhere!

I personally don't think he is doing anything wrong just different. Once someone really knows exactly what they are doing to an edge they can use different approaches to get to the same place. Don't get me wrong. I'm not a fan of using dished out hones, newspapers as part of a regular routine, backstrokes or killing and edge unless I'm in restoration mode just off a grinder. The controversy, if there is one, is mainly IMHO is that he is presenting this so nonchalantly as if everyone does it this way and to the casual observer you may not realize that he is very highly trained and skilled. It is somewhat masked and stealth in this video. I would not want to try to replicate what he did. I know I would fail miserably.

The methods we see from Lynn and Glen, etc. , are no better or worse perhaps but Lynn and Glenn's methods I think are easier to learn and replicate and will probably save metal loss over time. They also have what we all need "wiggle room". That is what is important here to me. That we learn a method that is consistent, somewhat forgivable, more easily taught and repeatable. Glen, if he wanted to, could probably hone a razor off the barrel of a shotgun and put the video on Youtube, lol.

I think instead of saying red flags I would say "Kids. Don't try this at home!"