Maybe it escapes only me: strop on wood block cost

[LRod]

Which shop? I used to go to the guys next to the drug store in West Plaza on Galena. Five barbers who had been together (in a couple of different locations) for 30 years. One day I went in and one of the chairs was empty. One of them had died. It was like a brother had been lost. I moved away in 1999, but stopped by for a cut in 2001. The first chair guy, Roger, had died (he was the one who had always cut mine). I won't ever be able to go back there.

I lived in Aurora for 21 years (worked there for 26).

[jtpr]

Maybe I can find that one.

-Jim

[LRod]

It is not possible to exaggerate more than Ann Coulter.

Any organization claiming to engage in responsible journalism which includes her as a player has abrogated any legitimacy to such a claim.

[LRod]

something? Is there

Have you ever written for Stereophile? You'd fit right in.

[JP]

[Mark & Juanita]

... snip

I'm still trying to figure that one out. Dad has a full head of hair, both grandfathers had pretty much full heads of hair well into their 80's. My younger brother has hair. Seems to have skipped two full generations and found *me*. (At least one great-grandfather, maybe two, I only saw the one when he was in his 80's)

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[George]

How about the UPS man?

[Lew Hodgett]

You need to get a "Tilley", a hat designed by a sailor named Tilley.

Designed to stay on your head regardless of the wind.

I never go sailing without mine.

Lew

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Shampoo? What the hell's that? I use bar soap and can dry it with a face cloth.

As for trimming my own hair, it's just like cutting the grass.... every hair the same length. I haven't paid a barber in a good 20 years.

The only time I miss my hair is when I crack my head on something... the hair used to give me a split second of warning... just enough to avoid the full force of what was coming. Also it sucks in the rain.

The only thing worse than being a bald headed man in the rain is being a bald headed man in the rain who wears glasses.

[Rod & Betty Jo]

I tried....My 90 yr. old father while thinning has more hair than his three sons combined....sometimes the best laid plans just don't work out....Rod

[Vic Baron]

God made only so many perfect heads --- the rest he covered with hair!

[Morris Dovey]

Nix on the MIL. Some are too fine to be made into a mere strop; and the rest are either toxic or corrosive.

If you have to ask, then she's probably too corrosive for tool steel.

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

[Mark Jerde]

See: "Going Bald? Blame Mom"

... "The suspect gene variation sits on the X chromosome, which is handed down to men by their mother. So a man may get an idea of his scalp's future from men on his mother's side of the family." ...

-- Mark

[Mark Jerde]

[Mark & Juanita]

My model year is well before UPS started delivering to the farm.

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[Never Enough Money]

On Dec 26, 4:33 pm, "Highland Pairos" wrote: [snip]

Well, yes. The leather comes from a rare cow that "lumbers" around "board" all the time and eats only "grain" and certain "blade" grasses. IIRC, they are native to outer Mongolia. Their fur is "curly

[Robatoy]

Absolute Sound?

[Robatoy]

When O'Reilly showed Mark Pfoley's image on screen, they put a 'D' next to Foley's name, labelling him a democrat. It was later said to have been a 'typo'. Typo, my ass.

There are more examples, thank goodness you only asked for one... I'm trying to keep my food down.

[John L. Poole]

I used a strop for all my wood carving chisels (and for my blades for cutting mats). I lost all my tools (divorce), but am building up again and just bought some carving chisels, making a strop has been on my list of things to make, I wouldn't want to start carving without having a strop nearby.

[Lowell Holmes]

My strop is a piece of wood with rawhide leather glued on.