Info on the bigot Nick Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Adams_(commentator)

Relevant part:

Adams opposes education regarding LGBTQ topics in schools and said that only a “bad parent” would take their children to see a drag queen show.[18] LGBTQ Nation, an online news magazine, has alleged Adam’s apparent hypocrisy on this topic as he has suggested taking children to Hooters.[18]

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As someone who makes knives and swords as a hobby, I can verify that many things are capable of sharpening iron. Slightly less things are capable of sharpening steel.

Know what’s great at refining a dull edge to be razor sharp? Ceramic. And I have legitimately heard someone refer to ceramic safety box cutters as “woke” at work. I don’t get the (il)logic of that…

So uhhhh… Yeah. Even “softer” things will sharpen stuff.

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32 points

I honestly don’t even know what “iron sharpens iron” is supposed to mean.

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I just assume it’s code for “sword fighting.”

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33 points

You know, they rub their irons together to get each other all nice and pointy.

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19 points

I’ve heard it as “steel sharpens steel” but in the context of male children needing a male role model. I think when boys don’t have a male role model growing up they end up like Nick Adams thinking they need to be an alpha male all the time.

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7 points

They’re referencing a bible verse

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Funny how the part they leave out is gender nonspecific, it just says person.

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5 points

A colleague of mine says he sharpens his knives with… leather.

I have no idea whether to believe them.

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7 points

Perhaps he meant that he strops his knives? Incredibly important to do so in order to maintain their sharpness.

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Tldr leather can be a component, but not the whole thing

So basically when sharpening, you have a few different things that all do slightly different jobs.

A sharpening stone will remove a little metal along the edge, very slowly, but that makes the edge roll over slightly along the opposing edge face. This makes the edge slightly jagged, you can usually see the reflection of light along the edge of a knife to see it. You don’t want to see any shiny reflection on the edge.

To remove the rolled over edge, one method that is quite popular is to take a leather strip, rub some polishing compound into it, and you run the edge of the knife along it in a similar fashion to how you use a sharpening stone. The softer surface combined with a milder abrasive does a nice job, if you do it right.

The end result is a razor sharp knife.

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Yeah, that sounds very much like it. Thank you for your explanation.

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I have seen this at our local Pakistan restaurant. Curious to see if it works

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59 points

Conservatives as always saying gayer things than actual gays do.

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I think it’s because when you’re out and open, you get it out of your system all the time. But when you’re trying to repress it. The pressure builds up like how if a hydraulic system gets a pinhole leak, It’ll squirt out with enough force to go right through your hand. Speculating of course.

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48 points

Iron doesn’t sharpen iron. What a dummy. Only a harder substance will sharpen a softer substance.

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31 points

You underestimate what can be achieved by pounding and grinding.

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Grinding, using a stone, which is harder than iron. They don’t make sharpening stones from iron.

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4 points

You can sharpen a knife with a chakmak, but I think it’s made of a very hard steel.

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38 points

I’m pretty sure no one enjoys the company of anyone that calls themselves an alpha.

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9 points

I always tell those people that they are the incomplete version.

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5 points

They are also prone to infestation, since they are full of bugs.

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36 points

Artwork is most likely by Tom of Finland

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6 points

Most likely!

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Most definitely is. Torille.

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