Thread: Unusual materials as related to straight razors

Originally Posted by mike1011

Wait, hold on, I'm confused. It might be because I don't have an IQ of 180 but didn't you say you had "just over two pound of cro ox" and was looking for ideas to do something with it !
I was really interested to see where this experiment would end but it sounds like it already has

Don't worry I'll type slowly for those of you only in the double digits. The original purpose for buying the CrOx was to see what all the fuss was about, obviously I don't need two pounds for that. I lose focus easi... SQUIRREL!!!

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Most of the Oleans barber hones (made for a bewildering number of companies bu a few companies in Oleans) were either 'cold' or 'hot' - the cold were liquid left to set up and the hot ones were baked. Earlier incarnations were indeed shellac, but thy did not hold up well. As Jimmy said, Randy is da man for this info.

Ah, Guitstik dear boy - I feel sorry for you. Only 180 IQ-wise? Such a shame.

My own is 140,140 - quite impressive, or so I am told. Mind you, I am afflicted with double vision... HAR!

Regards,
Neil

Neil, was that hot or cold pressed cement hones or just a clay/resin?

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

The ability to speak several languages has nothing to do with intellect, in my opinion. The are are probably millions of souls that easily command at least two. I think typical of speaking several languages are all the immigrants that came from Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. I'll take my family as an example. My father, my mother's parents and a couple of unrelated uncles. All from Eastern Europe. All spoke Russian, Polish, German, Czechoslovakian (grandfather only), Yiddish, Hebrew and English to varying degrees. I'd swear my dad's accent got worse the longer he was in America. My mother, while a hell of a lot smarter than people thought spoke only Yiddish and impeccable English. You have an ear for language or you don't.

(and by the way, my IQ, last time it was checked was 155. Thought of joining Mensa but I hate tests with a passion.)

I give the man credit, he is very intelligent but at the same time he does lack common sense at time. He is also like a big kid that plays pranks and thinks he is funny when he isn't. I am impressed with the fact that the man speaks five languages. There are not that many people that can do that but he was raised in Tunisia where there is a melting pot of languages to choose from but still only a small number of people that pick up that many dialects.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

My wife was tested at 140 I.Q is s very bright gal,back in the day she belonged to the menstural society

Pixel, didn't you say your ma-in-law was clever too? That was long ago though, pre-menstrual society!

Ta-ding!

Don't forget, you saw Pixel & Miller here first, folks and we are head-lining all next week!

Originally Posted by guitstik

I give the man credit, he is very intelligent but at the same time he does lack common sense at time. He is also like a big kid that plays pranks and thinks he is funny when he isn't. I am impressed with the fact that the man speaks five languages. There are not that many people that can do that but he was raised in Tunisia where there is a melting pot of languages to choose from but still only a small number of people that pick up that many dialects.

If you are referring to me, Razorfeld, I was not born in Tunisia, I speak English passable, swear a little in Yiddish, forgot all my Hebrew after my Bar Mitzvah, resemble being a big kid at times, playing pranks require a physical presence, and humor is subjective. (But my fake accents are killers)

As far as I know, the cold ones were made with some kind of resin binder. Often, this was used to make double sided hones, fine and coarse sided. One layer was poured, allowed to set enough so it did not mix with the second pour, then the other layer was poured. If you examine the sides of some you can see that the lower layer contracted some, as the top layer, of another colour, seeps down.

I don't know for sure, but the hot baked ones probably had some clay type binder that set up in tbe oven, like a brick or tile would.

If memory serves, a young girl was put in charge of the process and had great success. She saw to the mixes and recorded it all in a book. It was said that she listed all the ingredients but kept part of the process committed to memory. She memorised times, temps or weights, possibly all three, just in case the book fell into wrong hands.

All this was recorded in a newspaper artic,e, either in her obituary or shortly after she died. Maddeningly, I cannot recall her name at the moment.

Randy would know. He either bought a lot of the old stock from the defunct works, or maybe a building. I think he either saw, or owns, that book too! He really is the man to asy...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Pixel, didn't you say your ma-in-law was clever too? That was long ago though, pre-menstrual society!

Ta-ding!

Don't forget, you saw Pixel & Miller here first, folks and we are head-lining all next week!

actually the old ma was very bright,a long time school teacher,cannot partake in this convo for awhile,am having a hotflash at the moment.
I shall return

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

If you are referring to me, Razorfeld, I was not born in Tunisia, I speak English passable, swear a little in Yiddish, forgot all my Hebrew after my Bar Mitzvah, resemble being a big kid at times, playing pranks require a physical presence, and humor is subjective. (But my fake accents are killers)

I spek da eglisch purty dam fine even if ah does say so mysel...

I dasn't have no time for dis Razor felt humerous neither, a decent radius and ulna is plenty good enuff for us god-fearing folks. And I only fears God becus of his dam boy, in case he comes round our house - I's allergic to those damn fishees an gluten, and he ruins all the dam vinegar turnin it into wine or sum such nonsence...

Regards,
Nei,

I thought I saw a picture not long ago, not sure if it was on here or just the web somewhere, where someone made what looked like moulded Chrox bricks to use as hones but truely cant remember where or the subject for me to find it

Ok Guys, lay off and select weapons!
I talked with rRandy today,
I doubt that any but urgent emails will stay out of the trash bin, Anywho, Do not expect to hear from Randy anytime soon. He has a serious amount of work to do at their home.
~Richard

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

If memory serves, a young girl was put in charge of the process and had great success. She saw to the mixes and recorded it all in a book. It was said that she listed all the ingredients but kept part of the process committed to memory. She memorised times, temps or weights, possibly all three, just in case the book fell into wrong hands.

All this was recorded in a newspaper artic,e, either in her obituary or shortly after she died. Maddeningly, I cannot recall her name at the moment.

I know there was a gal named Tilly, or Tillie, selling American Hone Co stuff years ago. Not sure if that was the lady who you're referring to, but Randy told me the same thing as to her taking her secret recipes with her.

Originally Posted by Substance

I thought I saw a picture not long ago, not sure if it was on here or just the web somewhere, where someone made what looked like moulded Chrox bricks to use as hones but truely cant remember where or the subject for me to find it

I think it may have been Charly Lewis.
~Richard