Thread: CAN HONE 3 RAZORS

Well, welcome anyway. Its great to see you've got time now to post and hone razors too.

Originally Posted by Sarty24

I put a 7/8 W&B w/ custom scales in an envelope...it's being mailed to the above mailing address...let me know when it reaches you.

Sarty I think your etiquette needs some fine tuning.

Hi_bud_gl I have to agree you have been a member for 3 years but with only 4 post and then that offer you must admit it seems a little questionable

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

i have been member since 2005 and most replies comes from people are 2008

I would like to add to this statement that participation in a forum, not years of subscription, should be indicators of an individuals commitment to a community. If I buy a firearm...don't shoot it for three years, am I a better shot than the guy who goes to the range every day for 4 months?

Originally Posted by Arora Borealis

Sarty I think your etiquette needs some fine tuning.

Arora, I apologize for my statement, and I apologize to anyone else I may have offended including the original poster. I can see where you're coming from Arora...my second post was a little unnecessary and I will not post such replies in the future.

However, the criticism of my first post isn't unfounded because of the following reasons:

1) original poster has been a member for 2+ years with 3-4 posts
2) is offering free honing services to new members only
3) mentions references to important members...that may be untrue

Personally, I would rather question such a post and the OP intentions than to watch 3 new members fall victim to a scam. Hypothetically, if this were a scam...which, it may very well not be...three new members send out their razors and never receive them back.

How I view this:

1) It looks bad on the SRP community, because members who have been here for a while have a responsibility to question unfounded claims in order to protect new members
2) You have three new members w/ out razors, whose trust has been broken, and who now have to find replacements...and will certainly be offended

I would rather have a 1:3 upset ratio than a 3:1...



"Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off." - General Colin Powell

Originally Posted by Sarty24

Sounds like one of those emails you get...where your bank is missing some information and you have to go to a website that looks just like your bank...but the title says something like yougotjackedbyme.com, and after you're done filling it all out you realize you just got...well, scammed.

No offense to the new guy, but they all type like this fellow here, you can hardly understand them, and they just want to help you out of the kindness of their heart. You've been around here for 2 years, and just decided to join...no your story doesn't check out

I despise things that smell fishy like this, and it's always targeted at some poor newbie...

I'd trust the fellow more if he had a higher post count, and had been here for a while, until then...no

+1, I would also like to suggest that this could possibly be a hacked account. I am an avid MySpace user and accounts get hacked on their all the time.

This is my story .i started to use straight razor almost 3 years ago and get membership in old forum.at that time i didn't know how to sharpen straight razor and was struggling a lot until i find old site. lynn didn't have free time and i got help from Randydance(i think) . Randy did make 2 of my wade and butcher's shave ready and did charge for only 1 st, second one was free.Later on He did help me to get belgian hone.After a while i did find out Randy had healthy problems and that did touch my feelings.i promise myself the day which i would be able to help someone in this razor place i will do so.i have been very busy and almost never had chance to give back.Now i had chance i wanted help.My account hasn't been hacked or hackers wouldn't be interested to take 3 straight razor from new people.
I do remember another case of course long time ago.
there is 1 person by name i think is Bill he buys a lot razor i mean a lot.Once he bought same straight razor from same seller 3 times in a couple week period.i don't know may be he remembers this.
That is all i can say and good night all.

Could you tell us your location? Or general area? That would be a big in factor in deciding who to send razors to for honing...

Ok, I happened to be the first one to challenge your offer. However, I would like to clarify that I did not have any reason to believe that your offer was not on the up and up. I just felt that it seemed a little suspicious so I thought it best to invite you to clarify your abilities a bit.

I do agree with you that it is a tad unlikely that you would join the forum with the express purpose of stealing 3 razors 3 years after joining.

As someone who is woefully mono-lingual, I am amazed at anyone who is able to communicate an any meaningful way in another language. I don't consider your less than perfect English to be in any way suspicious.

Please don't go away because of our less than tactful response to your offer. I highly encourage you to PM Randy and ask him to vouch for you.

I hope that you don't wait another three years before posting again and please, let me be the first to say...

Welcome back!

Hello Bud! Long time no see!

Yes guys, Bud is for real. He started way back on the Yahoo forum and I believe he is making a sincere offer. If I recall correctly Bud was working on getting his American MD degree, he was already a doctor in another country and immigrated here. It was after he got that that his time became very limited. Internship perhaps? Bud trusted me enough that he sent me a YG Escher to try out which I promptly misplaced and forgot about for several months!

If any of you new guys need a razor honed then give Bud a try and let us know how the razor shaves.

Bud... you want to hone a razor for me? Just kidding!
The guys here are very protective of the newb's so please don't be offended. Good to hear from you again, call me anytime.

Thanks Randy for the update.

I must admit (even though I held off posting) that this did smell like an open 10 year old can of tuna. I'm glad it has worked out positively.

We have so many quality honing outlets which have already been well established that it's fair to say that we're already well equipped in that dept. Im sure more are welcome though!!

Come by the forum more though OP. Always good to see new faces with experience behind them.