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I got it! It took me 4 pages of this tiresome thread, but I finally got it.

Some of you guys spend 40 bucks a year on honing? OUCH! No wonder you don't recommend that I hone myself!

I get it...

It does! Thank you for the response. I appreciate it.

Actually, you're wasting my time here. :)
Goodbye Mr. Nasty.

But I shaved with it last night!



Point taken - but isn't "properly" a bit abstract? Once it shaves clean, easily, and without discomfort, is it not "proper"?!

I know when my knives are...

No doubt! And that's why I came here. But what I got back was juvenile sarcasm ("I can't wait for you to start the thread on how your razor brand sucks") and, from my perspective, defeatism.


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I guess you don't get any of the advertising revenue from this site, eh?

More nastiness? Is this just your "style"?



Sure it does. I spend 20 bucks on a "pro" and I'm 20 bucks poorer with a sharpened blade to show for it, and nothing else.

If I buy a stone with...

I give up. This is not worth it. I come here and post a question in the beginner's forum and this is the response I get?

Do I need to point out that 20 bucks spent is 20 bucks out the window and...

Wow. Thanks for the quick responses.

The kit I bought was this one Basic Five Piece Straight Razor Shaving Set - Straight Razors

They wanted 20 bucks for "professional honing."

20 bucks! ...

So I finally got around to dumping the 8 buck a month a habit known as buying chinese triple safety razors at sprawlmart.

I started small. Got a starter kit from an Internet store. Dovo basic...