Just for fun,
It's not a closed comb, it's a safety bar!
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Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
This is how I should have originally worded my post:
With regard to double edge safety razors, there exists a common descriptive error when differentiating between safety bar and open comb designs. Newcomers to the field often make the mistake of categorizing the safety bar design as "closed comb," a term that flows logically from "open comb" but is nonetheless erroneous. Such designs feature a solid, uninterrupted guard bar rather than a comb.[sup]1[/sup]
[sup]1[/sup] There exists a tiny subset of double edge safety razors whose design cannot be unambiguously categorized as safety bar or open comb. The existence of such hybrids presents a rhetorical conundrum for anyone wishing to correct the common error discussed above.
See? Now isn't that more fun???
[sup]1[/sup] There exists a tiny subset of double edge safety razors whose design cannot be unambiguously categorized as safety bar or open comb. The existence of such hybrids presents a rhetorical conundrum for anyone wishing to correct the common error discussed above.
See? Now isn't that more fun???
unambiguously, categorized, rhetorical, conundrum... Yer just bringing out big words to confusatat us.
I'm gonna get my Flair tips out and throw them in your general direction.
-jim
I'm gonna get my Flair tips out and throw them in your general direction.
-jim
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In seriousness, the pet peeve I'm pointing out is pretty much a newbie problem.
Anyone who has amassed a big collection of razors, including some of the gorgeous examples in here, knows exactly what a safety bar design is, what an open comb design is, and what a not-quite-either-one-of-those design is.
I had fun with you guys busting my chops, though.
Anyone who has amassed a big collection of razors, including some of the gorgeous examples in here, knows exactly what a safety bar design is, what an open comb design is, and what a not-quite-either-one-of-those design is.
I had fun with you guys busting my chops, though.
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There's no such thing as a closed comb.
End of nitpick
Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
This is how I should have originally worded my post:
With regard to double edge safety razors, there exists a common descriptive error when differentiating between safety bar and open comb designs. Newcomers to the field often make the mistake of categorizing the safety bar design as "closed comb," a term that flows logically from "open comb" but is nonetheless erroneous. Such designs feature a solid, uninterrupted guard bar rather than a comb.[sup]1[/sup]
[sup]1[/sup] There exists the most important subset of double edge safety razors whose design cannot be unambiguously categorized as safety bar or open comb. The existence of such hybrids presents a hugh conundrum for Franz who hates to admit his monumental mistake in overlooking some of the best razors ever made.
See? Now isn't that more fun???
Your right this is fun!
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Big mistake. Big. Huge!
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Where does free - spinning rebar guard fit in???
I'm from Iowa, so I recognize that as a grain auger.
get it?
get it?
does anybody get it?
Isn't a Safety Bar a tavern where the stools have seat belts??? 
More like an against-the-grain auger, amirite?
What about the Wilkinson Sword Empire's three-part against-the-grain auger?
You collectors coming out with obscurities are only proving my point!
Where does free - spinning rebar guard fit in???
I think it's one of them, there "Obscuritiy" razors. ...... or maybe a grain auger.
I've always liked language debates. And this is the funniest thread I've read on the B&B forum, so can't resist to comment. Here is something from my prespective of an ESL member of the gang trying to make an educated point - the alternatives of an 'open comb' are 'guard/safety bar with comb' and just 'guard/safety bar (without comb)'. 
This is one of those amusing confusions like the problem with the 'shallow' and 'sharp' angles. But this is a theme for another thread.
- the alternatives of an 'open comb' are 'guard/safety bar with comb' and just 'guard/safety bar (without comb)'. This is one of those amusing confusions like the problem with the 'shallow' and 'sharp' angles. But this is a theme for another thread.
It's mandatory to have 50 posts or 45 days on the forum in order to have flair for a flare tip. 
Hey, watch it! You don't want to flair up his temper.
His nostrils really flair when his temper flairs.
He may get so angry that he performs a Thomas Flair.
We don't want to see that, do we?
Hey, while we're on people hosing razor language, can we all just vote to allow me to attach a car battery to the soft bits of people who describe items like the one below as a "razor back" instead of a "racer back"? Stupid people junking up my eBay searches... 
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Razor back. Meant to be worn by hogs.
Jim I like your style. You have a lot of flare.
Jim I like your style. You have a lot of flare.
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You beat me to it. What the heck is a Thomas Flair?
While we're at it, if I see one more ebay ad for a "very unique" razor... (Unique means "one of a kind". There are no degrees of "one of a kind. It is or it ain't. 
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Oh, and with you on safety bar. And flare tip. And get off my lawn.
)Oh, and with you on safety bar. And flare tip. And get off my lawn.
Can I interest you in a matching pair of very unique razors?While we're at it, if I see one more ebay ad for a "very unique" razor... (Unique means "one of a kind". There are no degrees of "one of a kind. It is or it ain't.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290618514232
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