Help! Need More Hair

Jerry Hossom

Jerry Hossom

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One problem with big blades is that testing the whole edge for sharpness requires more arm hair. At the moment, my left arm is bald. My right arm is as shaved as I can manage using my left hand to hold the knife. (I am emphatically right-handed). And I just refuse to shave my legs. I've been eyeing our Springer Spaniel, but my wife is on his side and won't let me.

Any ideas, guys?

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Jerry Hossom
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cut strips of paper, if it doesn't tear then your knife is sharp. also go to the hair club for hen, and ask them to take hair off your head and implant it on your arms.
 
jerry as much help as you have been to me i'd like to help..... but mine is falling out at such an alarming rate i better not!!!
 
Maybe I just need to hang a mirror in the shop and shave my beard there everyday. Hmmm, shaving with a 14" bowie might be interesting...

I'd better find something else for the swords though.

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Jerry Hossom
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Jerry, maybe if you shave those 8 hairs, more will grow. My wife read this over my shoulder and says I should lend you my back.

Jake
 
I agree that if I cut them more might grow, but I expect to retired from knifemaking in less than another 59 years.

Ever seen a bald Springer Spaniel...?

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Jerry Hossom
www.hossom.com
 
Jerry, I see all kinds of bald dogs, my wife is a dog groomer!!!lol BTW I have a son in Lagrange who is trying to get me to move to GA. We're thinking seriously about doing it next year.

Jake
 
check out the story in Genesis about Issac and Esau, you could glue some animal hair on your arms and back like Issac did and yell like Tarzan
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Gaknife--You have my sympathy. Less than two weeks ago I was at my workbench in the garage testing knives when the phone rang inside the house. I could just hear my wife well enough to make me flinch as she explained to the caller, "I think he's out in the garage shaving his legs."
 
LOL! This post reminded me of a forumite (forgot who it was, Namviet I think?) who tried to shave something else that's more delicate... hahahaha..
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Dan
 
Jerry,
I've found that if I bring knives to work with me, my co-workers will pick them up and begin shaving their arms!
This has saved me MUCH arm hair
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I swear by my microscope! Now that I have done a "few"..... If the knife looks right under the microscope over the entire length of the blade, it WILL EASILY shave hair! I still have to try them out on my arm though.....
Neil


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You can test sharpness with all those old supply catalogs and knife magazines you probably have. Just find one thats old and beat up with the corners all folded up and everything.Lay it on the workbench with the corner hanging over the edge. Without holding the magazine down, try and cut the corner off the first couple pages with a push cut. If the corners don't tear, and the magazine doesn't move, its pretty sharp.

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Fix it right the first time, use Baling Wire !
 
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