Quote Originally Posted by PuFFaH View Post
How will you monitor Scotts stropping? Is it on trust or scientific analysys of the razors edge to see if abrasives were used?
I accept Scott's word, and I'm sure Ilija will too.

I'm sorry but I feel Scott is getting a rough ride over what was only a man passing on a "TIP" that others could choose to emulate or dissregard as they see fit. If Scott claims to only use a plain leather strop to strop with and only use a hone every 6 mths or so, then I for one do not disspute this. If I did, I would set the challenge for my self to try and achieve the same result to prove or disprove one way or the other.
Scott is providing a scientific specimen. I claim I can't generate one and he claims he can, so who should be providing it?

Why are you reading an insult into this? If I disbelieved Scott I would ignore the whole thing. Simply because he didn't put something on the strop doesn't mean it hasn't gotten there over 10 years use. A neew strop of a different kind woulld present a much better specimen if he could succeed with it. The only thing it takes out of the picture is his strop being responsible for the results.

I too rarely hone but rely on pasted strops to refresh my blades.
As far as I'm concerned, that takes you out of the picture, because you don't do anything different than I do. If you come back in six months and tell us that you still have a keen edge and haven't refreshed the razor, we'll have something to talk about.

Any test you set up will only serve to confuse the issue on technicalities of opinion.
Yeah, why confuse things with objective facts?

The test if there should be one would best be served if carried out by Lynn on his own equipment and Tony the same.
Are you forgetting that Scott has the special skill?

Or do you just claim Scott has abrasive on his strop? If so, the only way around this is for Scott to send his strop off to be evaluated.
All very good, but, is Scott on trial for heracy?
And what would we test for? Do you have any idea how much of what would be enough? Why all this talk of trail and persecuting Scott? What gives? We're trying to set up an experiment to figure this thing out.

I hate to see you going off in a huff (or should I say puff?), but I think it's entirely unjustified.