Originally Posted by
Utopian
I could shave with anything. I could dig out my old Norelco I got in 1980. Until last year, when I gave it to someone on this forum, I could have used my Atra, which was my first razor. I really like shaving with straights because I get a better shave but the thing that I really, really like about straight shaving is that I AM PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY OF MY SHAVE! That's why I like honing. It's the equivalent to the difference in level of satisfaction between when you buy a nice piece of furniture and when you make your own nice piece of furniture. I like being fully responsible for the quality of my shave, all my myself, without relying on a trip to the drugstore to buy more Chinese crap, without wasting any resources, without help from anyone or anything, except for my rocks.