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    If they had mentioned refreshing the edge with a...

    If they had mentioned refreshing the edge with a barber hone, I could agree.

    I used to go to an old time barber who used to specialize in shaving, his assistants did the haircuts, and he was...
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    You said it yourelf. It's 1939. I don't know how...

    You said it yourelf. It's 1939. I don't know how they did it back then. But today Stropping with hard pasted strops is widely accepted in all sharpening circles. Just go online and check. It's...
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    I used to go to an old time barber and he used...

    I used to go to an old time barber and he used only barber hones like they show in the baber's manual. This guy was a real pro and he didn't need to make a show of anything. Once in a while he'd...
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    I don't know where you get your information,...

    I don't know where you get your information, especially since you haven't used anything beyond the Norton yourself.

    What you say about the pasted paddle strops is not true if you use them...
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    I don't know where you got this information about...

    I don't know where you got this information about pastes, but it's not true. The baber's manual we have here says nothing of the sort. There are quite a few people here who have not been able to use...
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    I think you have too big a jump in there. Your...

    I think you have too big a jump in there. Your grit equivalents are: 3K, 14K, 50K and 100K. The .25 gives you an extreme level of sharpness, but you haven't really put together a good set. I would...
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