Once the bolt is cut, can I sharpen it and shave with it? Will an 8k stone be enough to do that or will I need anything else to sharpen the bolt?
Bolt cutters are darned interesting. Just think, if your straight razor could convert 60 pounds force into 4000 how quickly one could shave! You wouldn't even need to sharpen it.
edit: Hold on... I think I just discovered how electric razors work!
But come on, give me some credit, those puns were freaking golden.
Pounds? What are these pounds of which you speak?
Metric, or it never really happened.
Pounds? What are these pounds of which you speak?
Metric, or it never really happened.
Pounds? What are these pounds of which you speak?
Metric, or it never really happened.
I thought British pints were only bigger in pubs.
Nope, bigger outside pubs too.
As the story goes.... When the Mayflower was being provisioned, there were not any water casks (barrels) available so by mistake, they used wine casks. Now as well as know, a 'barrel' size depends on the substance- a barrel of oil is 42 gallons, while of course a barrel of wine is 31.5 gallons (US) and a barrel of beer is 31 gallons (US). So the smaller wine casks were filled with water and when it came time to use them they didn't hold as many gallons as they should have. So the colonists did the logical thing given the circumstances and made new, smaller gallons by cutting the pint down to 16 oz. from 20 oz. US gallons are 128 fluid ounces while Imperial gallons (UK) are of course 160 fluid ounces because one would not want to alter the number of pints in a gallon as that would be silly and confuse people.
To bring this back on topic, I have to assume the razors are sharper in the UK because of this measurement deviation. I mean a HHT must be scientifically different, right?
Brian
wiki states this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems
now the HHT is interesting. is your HHT 4 the same as my HHT 4 ?
I added the Wikipedia link to add to the discussion not take anything away from what you have said.Sure, the facts are the facts but the Mayflower story is the better story....
I think the difference in a HHT is that here we would never say something like 'Eh wot, that's a right sharp bloody razor ya' got there Gov!'
Brian
So bolt cutters cutting edge gets damaged beyond a certain point we throw them away?
Salesman can say anything. They want you to buy more. What would an actual user or manufacturer say?
So a 5/8 razor gets a chip in its cutting edge we don't throw them away. We grind away until we get fresh metal and start over again.