Quote Originally Posted by currentman View Post
now I will qualify "shave ready", I got a very comfortable and smooth shave, (I will point out that it wasnt a "scary" sharp,it was like a razor I received from a premier Honemiester, but "after" I shaved with it a couple of times) but in the end all 7 razors gave a great shave, so for me, it truly did the job, and Barts method can be reproduced, even by a hone challeged guy like me.


Thanks again Bart
Thanks for a very interesting post. IMO a razor can be too sharp for a comfortable shave. What I think is happening is that the honemeisters (I'm not one, I just hone my own razors) are honing "defensively". What I mean by that is they are usually honing razors for newbies who also have other issues with preparation and technique. The honemeister has to provide the very sharpest possible razor to rule out the razor itself as the cause of any problems. I shaved for a long time off of a barbers hone and now a coticule. I think the fact that I've developed good prep and technique (angles, light touch) means that I don't need the razor to be quite as sharp.