The reason I wasn't crazy about the idea centers on the following concepts. What is the ultimate goal of the contest. I realize its fun and games and all that however in the end what will the moral of the story be. Will we be able to say Mr A is a great honer and Mr B is a not so great a honer? Will Mr A have a swelled head because he did such a great job and Mr C hangs his head in shame. I think not since we don't know what equipment each guy has at his disposal, the time spend honing and the state of each razor and if your going to be using different brands the difference in quality twixt the two razors.

Its kind of like if I only have a blue belgian and someone else has every stone in existence and my razor doesn't quite measure up to the other but comes pretty close what could you conclude? I need more practice or maybe its a miracle I did what I could with what I have as opposed to the other guy who had it much easier.

However, you all have my best wishes on this and I hope you have a great time.