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Been a while, but believe the thread is still open to comments. Still getting views. Has anyone tried this? Any success or failures?
Cheers,

:gwh: Warning: Done carelessly or with improper paper products, cutting paper to test a razor edge can dull the edge and/or cause premature wire edge. (see end of post for description of wire...

A mistake on my part again. I had thought it was not so difficult, but seems many are not capable of the speed required. I have tried it on several styles of cloth strops without success. It will...

I guess I might have explained that better. I understand your point, and the impression you got. Your impression was correct, and the implication might most often be correct as well. I am not new...

I shave in all directions, ATG, WTG, and XTG. Not to say I do three totally separate passes. I shave with my right hand only, and cannot shave the left side in quite the manner I shave the right...

Just a little aside, that some may find amusing.

I sometimes tell younger shavers that some blades talk to me. They sometimes look at me like I am nuts! Tell them, some constantly threaten to...

Thank you Cam, John.

The owner was expecting the mammoth ivory. The scrim was lagniappe. The owner had done most of the work on the blade. I just added a little polish and patina. The wedge is...

There seems to have been a number of readers, but no posters. Certainly others have had some experience here? Well, I honed the razor below this past Sunday, using my normal methods. I thought a...

Touched up that razor in the picks tonight. Well, actually just 40 fast laps on the cloth strop.
Shaved so nice, I had to look in the mirror close and run my fingers over my cheek to make sure it...

Mike Blue:
"Time will answer a lot of questions. It's really too bad that you have raised a portion of the discussion that may have already been beaten to death a hundred years ago, or more, but...

Thanks. As you mention, this has probably been beat to death over a long period of time. I would think that it would be exceedingly difficult to devise a completely scientific, objective test, to...

Thanks.
My bad. I agree, it does make for easier reading and understanding.

Thank you for your comments, and the link. The information on the link is very interesting. I did not find much correlation. As the writer notes, he used any cardboard he could find, and his...

I think the powers to be have spoken, and the thread is likely ending soon anyway. I don't know what you and blistersteel use for testing, and as mentioned several times before this point, many...

:confused: Or keep them up much later than they would have intended.
In which case, it may turn out nothing they write makes any sense

Let me try again:
An earlier post from bluesman7, who was getting ready to reset the bevel and hone a razor, ended with

"Before dulling the razor for re honing I did slice a little paper with the...

I would not normally make twelve cuts. One is usually sufficient. This was only a suggestion of learning more from attempting the test before resetting a bevel. Stating with a good edge, it will...

This actually may be a good starting point for most. A sharp edge you are going to reset the bevel on anyway. If you had continued the cutting, you may very well have created the bur so dreaded...

I did not get to properly address this at the time. If you will go back a couple of pages from here, to the pics, I hope I have given enough information to decide whether you would like to continue...

No, I'm not looking for that :(

Thanks.
I did look at my signature line and decide it may be taken as too presumptuous, and added a little.
I hope your comment of "greater depth' is true. But,...

Thanks Gents

I know there is a possibility of newbies grabbing some of my comments, and damaging a few razors, and possibly even writing elsewhere "Well I read it on SRP".

Maybe it would help...

So? Do I get a pass now? Free to discus how cutting paper will instantly notify one of a wire edge, or help to identify a razor with a geometry that produces an edge which is too narrow, or find...

Was taken as such. Thanks

Oh,,,,, I get it now. It's my avatar, username, and tag line, that make me look so 'easy'

Perhaps if I could find something like onimaru55's?

Hirlau:
"Somebody please help me choose the right notepad to to work into my routine, between my Norton 8K & my PHIG,,,

I spent a hour & a half in the Wal Mart trying to choose a notepad &...