Hello. I'm a knife sharpener working in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in the UK. I'm an old fart with the usual habits and behaviors. I do not use a straight razor but need to learn how to sharpen them because this town is full of people that do - it's that kinda town. I am friendly, stupid, frequently rude but do my best not to be offensive. I do swear quite a lot and once got sacked for it when I was working in the united states, where apparently they don't. I have a pet cat, it doesn't shave either but is nervous about the idea that I may need to be testing out razors in the near future and have only a limited amount of my own fur. I like to carve designs on sticks. I like cooking and eating. I like gardening. i do not like intolerance, racism and people who are unwilling to listen or learn. Stupid, I have no problem with but ignorance is curable if you seek treatment. People who won't get treated (i.e. won't listen and learn) I regard as the equivalent of people who don't get immunized against German measles: they are a danger to the rest of the herd.

My username "mitnageek" seemed like a good idea when i was 12. I've sort of grown into it.