People's (or Badger's) Choice PIF, Pasted Balsa Strop Set

[GearNoir]

Congrats!

 

[ccpastork]

Wow...thank you @Slash McCoy!

I have a Portland Razor Company, Leviathan razor that is in need of a touch up. I will report back after giving it a try.

 

[ccpastork]

Winner winner ! Cool pif slash .

Congratulations Kevin @ccpastork !

Congrats to ccpastork! And thanks to Andy77 and Jayber Crow for nominating me. I was "keen" to experience Slash's pasted balsa...

Congrats!

Thank you gentlemen and a special thanks to @Hoka Hey and @DCRIII for the nomination.

 

[David]

Congrats @ccpastork, and great PIF, Slash!

 

[i_dont_bite]

@Slash McCoy would you mind posting a pic of the balsa strop?


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[Mr.Tee]

Nice work Slash.....

 

[Seraphim]

Nice PIF, Slash... congrats to ccpastork.

Watch out for that balsa initiation rite though...

 

[ccpastork]

Nice PIF, Slash... congrats to ccpastork.

Watch out for that balsa initiation rite though...

Initiation???
None of the rules mentioned anything about initiation.

 

[Hoka Hey]

Initiation???
None of the rules mentioned anything about initiation.

Congrats Kevin! The initiation shouldn’t be to bad.

Words I wish I would have heard as a kid:
“ Boy, go get me a switch off that Balsa tree!”

Thanks Slash!

 

[ccpastork]

.........
Words I wish I would have heard as a kid:
“ Boy, go get me a switch off that Balsa tree!”

Thanks Slash!

That cracked me up! I can relate to this.

 

[DCRIII]

Words I wish I would have heard as a kid:
“ Boy, go get me a switch off that Balsa tree!”

You and I both!

 

[Slash McCoy]

@Slash McCoy would you mind posting a pic of the balsa strop?


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[Slash McCoy]

Sure. Tomorrow.

 

[imatabor]

Congratulations @ccpastork.
@Slash McCoy you're such a giver.

 

[Slash McCoy]

@Slash McCoy would you mind posting a pic of the balsa strop?


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On the left, .5u diamond. On the right, .1u.

 

[ccpastork]

***This is a long overdue reply***

First of all, thank you again to @Slash McCoy for the great PIF.

Second...I am a believer!

So easy and simple to use and the edge on the PRC Leviathan is wicked sharp again. Since this easily tuned up the edge, I suspect I will not need to hone the Leviathan for quite some time.

Slash should go into business.

 

[Slash McCoy]

***This is a long overdue reply***

First of all, thank you again to @Slash McCoy for the great PIF.

Second...I am a believer!

So easy and simple to use and the edge on the PRC Leviathan is wicked sharp again. Since this easily tuned up the edge, I suspect I will not need to hone the Leviathan for quite some time.

Slash should go into business.

Hah! The time, expense, and bother would force me to charge at least $40 per strop. Maybe more. It is better to just let everyone make their own.

Glad you are having good results. If you use it correctly you will NEVER need to rehone your razor. I have never had to do so, in the few years I have used this system. In fact, every sort of hone that I have would simply dull the balsa edge.

 

[steveclarkus]

It does add to ones expense though. You have to keep buying razors to have something to hone.

 

[David]

It does add to ones expense though. You have to keep buying razors to have something to hone.

Just wait until you can no longer justify buying razors anymore, so you make the switch to high end knives to enable yourself to buy more stones and honing equipment.

 

[steveclarkus]

I can’t think of a reason to buy a rock after the discovery of lapping film and diamond pasted balsa. Maybe I’ll get into strops. Yeah that’s it - strops. Better and better strops. A chicken in every pot and a strop in every room! Oh wait. Forgot about the SWMBO thing.