Thread: Red Flags Everywhere!

Have a look at this thread.

he is a clown, have you seen the video where he invites Glen/gssixgun to his workshop so he can teach him how to hone? then the comments underneath haha

Gentlemen That old thread has hashed and rehashed this topic... I see no reason to continue it even more here

Simply put, Try it and see..

Also to clear the record, I was NOT invited to sit and Hone,,, that is what I invited him to do, I was invited to sit through a Knife making Steel banging class which I have zero interest it...

Honing Straight razors,,,, I would & have done that with anyone that would like to...

Well I didn't mean to bring up an old topic that apparently was a heated topic. I simply was trying to learn before doing, so that I don't mess up my equipment. Isn't that what the purpose of this site is for. Especially since I don't have the money to cast away to experimentation and also don't have the time to travel to meets several states away. It is coming down to the time where I must learn to hone my own razor. I am a very cautious person when it comes down to learning something new and I like to gather as much info as possible before doing so. I have probably spent at least 15 hours watching instructional videos and reading articles on honing so that way I can't say I didn't know about a certain technique. I simply saw this video and was intrigued at first by his different "technique" and wanted to know if maybe it was a practical technique. It seemed off to me and thus I requested feedback.

I think perhaps you answered your own questions,

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!"