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I was going to ask but did not want to change the subject
and confuse the thread. BTW thanks Glen for telling us how
you cleaned up the blade. Nice clean job by the looks of it.

IMO, That is a superior example of a tumbler run razor.

You are a lucky man...

Learning to sharpen a sound blade is worth doing.
I saw someone offer you one... Life is good on that point.

As for shave soap and a brush. If is not a requirement
but even a Mach-3 user can...

15, 5, and 0.3 micron lapping paper on a flat is
a good thing. You may never need the 15.

You will be hard put to find a str8 in you budget as you have presented it.

My last $9.99 razor required lots of trips to my set of hones and multiple
packs of wet dry paper and is still a work...