Playing with knives

By this time next year I plan to start learning the proper usage of two new tools; straight razors and swords. Once I get to Ottawa for university I'm signing up for fencing with the "Excalibur Fencing Club" at Ottawa U, and I'm also going to try to track down a straight razor to shave with.

I've already learned that taking care of a straight razor is a lot of work; I'm still trying to get my 1914 "Autostrop" razor to be sharp enough to shave with (it's shaped kind of like a modern razor but you sharpen the blade instead of replacing it).

As for fencing; every little boy on earth played with some sort of a sword- it's some kind of primal instinct. The sport very interesting in that there appears to be significant amounts which can be learned from studying texts hundreds of years old and there are an infinite number of techniques to be learned. This all may soon drive me completely mad, but it's worth spending at least a few months on to see if it's my sort of thing.

Bah....it's too hot out to continue trying to think and type clearly, I give up.



Cheers,