OK, I will make a long story short - just received (yesterday) my sharpened razors back from Lynn - been waiting what seems like forever, only a short week or so...

Set up this morning, did a very light strop on the prettiest of the bunch - and set about shaving...only a day old stubble, but stiff none-the-less - did the hot towel, Proraso pre, Moss scuttle warm PR cream, C&E badger - stood there a moment, held my breathe and dove in-

I was only sure I was actually removing the stubble, because the cream was going away...the shave was almost silent, not that terrible scraping I had before...smoothe and fast...went over a couple of spots, just because I wasn't sure if I had caught the beard...no sound after all. Amazing, and all I could think was, "Wow, this is what it is supposed to be like..."

Pretty wild - and I now highly recommend a *sharp* straight - apart from the previously obtained bloody razor burn on my neck (5 bladed Gillette monstrosity I stupidly acquired while waiting for my razors to get here...don't ask - but I tell you this, it was the one with the damn *vibrator* in the handle!), this was my best shave ever.

I feel for the lesser mortals with duller blades.

K