Re: Reunited with an old friend

In article <80b4b5f1-212b-49fb-97d8-c3b2d2504f5f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bushcraftgregg <gkotr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here is the part that pisses me off. After looking through that sight,
they let you know that your razor "that you just paid good money for"
is not good enough for a shave, but if you click on the "services"

Well, you see, there's a very good reason for that. A razor has to
be perfectly sharp to shave with, and the only way to get that edge is
careful hand honing and stropping. If they did that to every razor they
made it would raise the cost of them very much, simply by increasing the
manual labor involved. And even if they did it's not likely that fine edge
would survive weeks of knocking around being shipped, and the edge on
these things deteriorates just from sitting around - carbon steel, see?

So it's not a scam. Good kitchen knives are like that, too.
They come sharp but never sharp enough to use. Even if they did the
chef would hone it himself when it arrived :-)

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