hey guys, i’m a long time lurker but a first time poster. i’ve been shaving with a DE for a few years now and have always wanted to take up straight shaving but didn’t have the time due to my job to devote to learning. recently things have changed and i’ve decided to make it a priority. after a lot of research and review reading i decided last week to go with a 6/8 dovo best quality with blond scales. i had intended to order it from SRD since it comes honed by lynn and would be good to go straight out of the box. unfortunately at the time i made the decision SRD was out of stock but knife center was not so i ordered from them instead. of course as luck would have it the day that my razor shipped from knife center SRD listed it as being in stock. i decided to go ahead and order from SRD and send back the one from knife center.

now the dilemma part….

i’m having a hard time getting around to returning the KC razor. the money isn’t an issue and i can afford to keep it so i’m flirting with the idea of keeping both razors just in case i do something that would require my razor to be re-honed like hitting the tap or the counter. basically i’m looking for a little advice on how i should proceed. should i just keep the SRD razor and send back the KC razor as originally intended and pick up a second as i become more proficient/comfortable? should i keep both and send the KC razor out to be honed? OR should i send the KC razor back and order a second one already honed from SRD? decisions, decisions right? thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!