Thread: The friendly way this site is run.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Firearms, guns, gun control, NRA, 2nd amendment , very difficult to have a "Gentlemen" conversation about any of these topics. Started a thread on here few years ago after a school shooting, hinted about gun control, got over 1000 responses in like 2 days and an overwhelming personal message inbox. Many many conversation were totally inappropriate. That said i am not surprised about this whatsoever.

Woooo BOY! IfYou want to open up Pandora's box on a forum start talking about gun control. I of course have my own opinions about it but each person is so convinced in the validity of their own argument that I don't think anyone will ever be convinced by facts, reason or statistics. I'm not even going to say what side I'm on but it shouldn't be hard to guess...I live in Florida for God's sake.

There's only one thing I can say about gun control.

It takes a steady hand, to be able to hit your target, so make sure to use both hands. That's proper gun control.!

Originally Posted by outback

There's only one thing I can say about gun control.

It takes a steady hand, to be able to hit your target, so make sure to use both hands. That's proper gun control.!

And this is exactly how all the bullshit starts, have a great day, I am out.

OH! That is verboten here. For good reason. You DID bring it up, Martin!
On the aforementioned forum, they have a few closed subforums on that sort of subject. It sez you must obtain a password from the moderator to go there.
If you share the password.....You know.

Not going there. Not I! Plenty of places to go for that if you want to.

All about the shave here!

That is a deep subject, the gun control one. It is nearly impossible to have a rational discussion with anyone on either side of that topic. I have had people literally turn their back to me for trying to discuss the topic after they started, because I did not agree with their side. In general I don’t try to discuss it with anyone that does not bring the subject up. It is a hot topic in Canada as well. Not quite as heated as it is in the US. It may be worse than trying to discuss religion.

Oh well.....Everyone go post a Shave of the Day! That's the ticket!
No regrets starting this thread. I think it has run it's course....And then some.
Spendur. Do that voodoo that you do.

Bury that bad boy before it turns ugly and starts to smell!

The biggest problem, around the world it seems, is people place a ton of personal pride into a shared opinion to the point it becomes their identity. When this happens, any disagreement becomes an attack on their identity. This usually results in people using unrelated topics to verbally attack someone that they disagree with. This is really disappointing because when I have the opportunity to have a calm, thoughtful discussion with someone with an opposing viewpoint, we usually come to a middle ground or just have a better understanding of why their background resulted in their beliefs. One's identity shouldn't be defined by a group, but the other way around.

Hiwever, the majority of "conversations I have nowadays are just someone interrupting me to the point that it is like talking to a youtube video.

Gold Dollar... anyone?

“(convex hones anyone?)”

Are you talking about Convex Honing knives or straight razors?

I have been purchasing components for making a set of convex hones for knives. I will post the method and results if there is interest. It is rather simple and inexpensive.

I have read and seen the video of the guy who makes the “Humped” hone that he claims Dovo uses. I fail to see where intentionally convexing a straight razor edge is necessary or beneficial. Except for honing a warped razor, which I suspect is what Dovo uses it for.

As we all know Dovo factory edges are not stellar or in some cases “shave ready”.