Thread: The friendly way this site is run.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

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.

Yup, we live in a polarized world wrt to many subjects. Sad man sad.

Bob

On one thing we all agree, SRP is THE best site devoted to the art and craft of wet shaving, and all things related -- SE, DE, SR, or machete! Glad to be among you!

Back to salt for a second...

Its the members that make this place what it is.

I judge a man by whether id have a beer with them. If I ever make it across the pond Id have to get a good few rounds in.

If you made it across the pond you would need a month to have a cold one with all the good members ovdr here. And HBD Mark! Whipper-snapper.

Ya, Mark is 40! Happy Birthday!
No more sympathy for him!

Definitely, Jerry. And a few nice room temp English ales.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Definitely, Jerry. And a few nice room temp English ales.

Happy Birthday, Mark-I'd be proud to hoist a pint with you. I like the occasional English ale (but ice cold of course!)

Originally Posted by Euclid440

“(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”.

Yeah, I got one of his 6x2x1 convex black trans arks. Though it took a great deal of burnishing and breaking in, I have used it for both razors and knives with stellar (and very quick) results, especially on warped or seriously smiling razors. I just had to find out for myself, and it's now another rock in my arsenal.

I haven't posted about it on here because I don't give a flip who thinks they work or don't work unless they actually have one they have tried (though I have traded pm's with a couple of other users-we have a secret club).

That is one thing I think we could very much learn from the other forum: i.e., being less dogmatic and more open to experimentation with different honing techniques.

I'm going to go hone my Gold Dollar with tape on my convex hone now-y'all have fun honing whichever way works best for you.

edit: I hope that you don't think that was aimed at you, Marty. We all know that you are constantly testing and experimenting and sharing your detailed, quantified results with all of us, and I appreciate it. It's just a larger observation about the forum culture here sometimes. (Now back to Kum-ba-ya around the campfire).

Happy birthday Mark. I'm hoisting one in your honor even as we speak.