Quote Originally Posted by FoliageFace View Post
I have nowhere near enough knowledge to know if his conclusions are correct; but I have enough knowledge to know that when someone has done as much research as Howard clearly has, their conclusions or at least worth a serious consideration.
His stropping technique is appalling, which taints any empirical deductions he makes because they are based on observation of his own efforts. Research itself is only as valid as the quality of your observations, deductions, testing technique, and controls. Fail in any of those and your 'research' is useless, no matter how much time and effort you put into it.