Thread: I am now a Honemeister

So, I just got my Norton's hone in the mail yesterday...

Now I have an excuse to buy a few junky razors on Ebay to see if I can learn how to use the bloody thing.

Something tells me I should have earned the honing merit badge in the Scouts, instead of sharpening knives.

-Keith

I'd go to an antique shop for those razors. You avoid the shipping and handling costs, the stress of winning the auction, and you're likely going to pay much less.

"hone meister" is a title others bestow upon you, not one that you bestow upon yourself.

Originally Posted by str8_razr

"hone meister" is a title others bestow upon you, not one that you bestow upon yourself.

Thanks for the wisdom, Junior.

Originally Posted by bach9135

I thought that to become a honemeister, you had to attend a week-long seminar hosted by Lynn and others and then pass a series of rigorous honing challenges by having to properly hone seven $10 ebay razors. Only then you get the SRP honemeister tatto and be allowed to grab the kettle of hot coals with your forearms to burn in the secret symbol of your cult. (We cannot forget the learning the secret handshake either!)
Purchasing a Ferrari doesn't make you an F1 racer ;-)

Actually I thought you had to hone a "Pakistani" razor to shave-ready status before you can be a honemeister

I thought it was honing a butter knife to shaving sharpness while blindfolded, using only as 1200 grit Col. Conk razor hone in your off-hand! Or maybe it was honing a Paki razor and completing a 2-pass shave with it, with no dulling of course.

Seriously though, congratulations on your breakthroughs and successes.

You could send a couple of razors to, or sharpen a couple of razors for, one of the resident honemeisters and let them evaluate your work.

Back in the 80's, lots of guys wanted to be known as a hacker. This was before the media mis-used the term and stuck such a negative meaning on it. Everyone wanted to be a hacker, but you couldn't call yourself a hacker. It was a term of recognition your peers bestowed on you. When peers bestow the title on you, it carries sigificant weight.

Originally Posted by str8_razr

"hone meister" is a title others bestow upon you, not one that you bestow upon yourself.

why needing titles? i always consider honing is integral part of shaving with razor. good shave is meaning you have good skill. Meister is meaning persons who devoting entire life to profession or is my english making me misunderstanding?

Please understand that Blade Wielder posted this 8 years ago and did it as a joke...

Palm ---> face

I find it interesting that "honemeister" has been replaced with <banned user> under his username! Mua ha ha ha