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Thanks Stu! It's hard to believe such a smooth-feeling piece of leather could have so much bite, but maybe so. While my stropping wasn't spectacular, I really didn't feel it was *so* bad that it...

Sooo back to the straight razor talk!

The wonderful and magnificent Oni has gotten my razor, and low and behold, I have not rolled the edge! Rather, I have somehow managed to put it through a meat...

Yup.

And we can say whatever we want in English. That's what's so great about it. You make it up as you go along!

Well whatdoyaknow, it's raining down here, too.

Apparently the FBI and the CIA have the worst communication of any intelligence networks... ever. What's funny is that they work for the same damn country.

I've been pulled over by TSA, and the...

I never said you don't try to stop them. But measures which would be likely to stop someone who wants to hurt others or commit a serious crime are not going to interfere with the privacy and freedom...

Precisely. It always makes the news when someone blows up a building, hijacks a plane, goes on a murderous rampage, or some other insanity.

But the news doesn't report the millions of buildings...

"He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither" - Benjamin Franklin

I don't think it's particularly fair for my government to assume that I, a citizen with no criminal history nor any...

I would too, if I did their job. Fortunately my razor couldn't cut butter at the moment! :roflmao

So I suppose we should all wrap ourselves padding and go back to eating with our hands because, you know, knives and forks are dangerous.

But then again, you can kill someone with your hands, so I...

Oh yes, all the bubble wrap and uber-strength packing in the world can't protect us from the WRATH OF SHARP OBJECTS!

When did humanity get so freaked out by tools...?

khaos - I'm hoping I can manage not to screw up my blade again, but if I do that maybe the cheapest route. *sigh* Being broke sure does make you resourceful, but it's not the most convenient thing in...

I actually did have a bit of a look around for a barber hone. Last I looked, there wasn't one in the classifieds in my price range, and most of the stuff on ebay was in pretty rough shape.

Is...

Oh no, RAD already? I'm too broke for that...

Well, it's sent. Fingers crossed.

bknesal - I was thinking that over. I may invest in one once I have a bit more money, and have my stropping down...

It's gunna kill me to have to send it away to be honed. I wanna do it again!

Unfortunately it won't actually shave at the moment, so that would be kind of silly I guess...

The other leg went...

Ok, guys, lots more stropping practice! A few more thoughts as well...

I tried stropping with a piece of paper folded to 1 inch in width, to get my pressure right. Then I tried it with the blade....

Yeah... I kinda failed at the stropping it looks like. :banghead: Onimaru55 reckons I rolled the edge.

The more I practice it, the more I realize how totally wrong I was doing it the first time I...

Ya know, I can really see that happening in a very short time indeed. It was such a nice feeling. Very technical and methodical. I like it. I'm gunna keep at it.

Yup. Got everything right except the, er, removal of hair part. Even the fabulous leg shot. Otherwise, perfecto!

Yeah, I'm gunna have another whack at the strop, and see if there really is a god...

Well, speak of the devil! *points to above post from about 30 seconds ago*

I think I killed it. You may have to perform some sort of magical spell on it.

Well, it stropped the hell out of it. It didn't help, but I did learn some stuff.

1. I think I was stropping too hard. Pressing to much, in an attempt to keep both the spine and the blade on the...

Yes, the more I think about it, the more I'm thinking it's my stropping.

When I first got the Wapi, I did do a few tests. I did the HHT, which it didn't pass, but as you say, I may or may not be...

Yes! I so did! And it was awesome!

I did my first straight razor shave today, and I didn't wind up in the ER! Oh, happy day. But, nor did everything go perfectly. Here's what I did, and then a...