Thread: Wade & Butcher reshape ???

Indeed, so many just had to have that 3-incher when they began.
Lots have gone to the 2 1/2 because of what Rezdog related. The X is the bomb.

You know, I own a business. I'm a skilled tradesman and I would rather hire someone who doesn't know anything and train them myself than to hire someone who learned it the wrong way. At least what I consider the wrong way.
I may have done this same thing to myself because I had been shaving with a straight razor for years before I ever read an article or looked at a forum or anything.I don't think there ever was such a thing when I learned and l learned how to shave, hone and strop by trial and error. It's hard to unlearn old habits.
In fact I didn't even come here looking for that. I came here looking for information on old razors and discovered along the way that there was other information about shaving and honing etc. I was always independent I guess. My dad didn't even teach me how to shave with a straight or strop. I just watched him and did what it looked like he did. I have no idea if he even did it right

I guess I should add to that that I'm not saying I don't want to learn new things. In particular stopping Is kind of a muscle memory issue. Johnny Winter was quoted as saying if you hit a wall playing guitar put the guitar down... Not for a couple of days or a week but for a couple of months. I suppose the idea is that your mind gets program to a certain thing and you almost have to forget some of it.

I hear you. I am just loaded with doing things the way I learned them. Good to be around those with different ways.
I kick myself all the time being around these guys. BUT, if it ain't broke?

The minute you stop learning, you are dead.

Originally Posted by 32t

The minute you stop learning you are dead.

Well how do you learn you're dead?

Paul-Johnny Winter was dead right of course. When I used to play a LOT of guitar, when I would hit a wall skill-wise, got stuck in a rut, whatever, I would put it away for weeks at a time, then come back playing better than ever!

As for the necessity of x-stroke stropping, I hate it-too much unnecessary movement back and forth on every stroke for me. What works for me is to just gradually move the blade laterally across the strop while I'm stropping straight back and forth, generally about 5 strokes in each position-heel, toe, middle of blade. I have some 3" strops, and they will mostly hit all of the edge (especially the flexible kangaroo!), but I still do this even on them, just to keep everything evened out. I have been doing it this way for years, and it works for me-ymmv.

The x-stroke on a strop is unnecessary wasted motion IMO. But everybody has to do what works for them.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Well how do you learn you're dead?

I added a comma I hope that helps...............

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