My life is all about research and experiments at the nth degree. So when I see this, my brain becomes a fireworks show of variables that freak me out. But, that doesn't mean I'm right and it has to be the case, I'm just sharing why I haven't engaged more.ZrowsN1s wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 1:21 amThis was posted in the Ghost Hunting thread, but I thought I'd post it here for more people to see.sal wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:02 pmI know it's just a crazy idea from my sideways brain. I think we all can agree that the goal is to seek absolute truth as best we can and share that effort and the results. As I said, this is not well thought out and we'll need to help each other to make it work. I see two questions from the onset. Who will be interested in being part of the research team, all part time naturally. The 2nd is to begin a list of the questions that we have that might be an interesting study. As usual, I am open to all thought.
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Ghost hunters scope the edgeI'll volunteer myself to try and make a list of volunteers and possible research topics posted here.ZrowsN1s wrote: I'm adding that to my signature line sal
I'm going to share this post in the 'Scope the edge' thread.
You know I'm interested in participating. Some of the things I'd like to know are questions and topics that I've debated with my fellow forumites since I joined.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of polished vs coarse edges (initial sharpness, quality/smoothness of cut, aggression of cut, loss of initial sharpness, working edge performance, performance in cutting different materials).
Same question for PE vs SE.
I'd love to do some tests that can show the superiority of hawkbills for some tasks.
The performance of different types of stropping. How long can you go between sharpenings? Whats the drop in the performance curve look like after each stropping session?
I guess what I'm wondering is, what is the goal and what is the tolerance for anecdotal evidence? Anything I would offer would be squarely in the latter since I can't verify edge angle, know my abilities, etc. I wouldn't want to skew the info or discussion if the focus is more controlled.