I've been trying out my SR's lately and had some success, but none are professionally honed/Shave ready yet, so I am not sure if some of the troubles I have is from my edges themselves, techniques, etc. I prefer round point, but most of my razors are square point or smiling wedges. I've been looking to get a new strop to go with my Illinois 127 which has a "few" nicks in it from learning. I've wanted a Ralf Aust after reading the reviews, so I decided to go ahead and get one of SRD's RA 5/8" with the round tip and a Premier 1 SRD 3" wide strop. This will let me have a round point razor (hopefully less cuts from the tip on my fat face!), one with a truly shave ready edge and a new strop! Looking forward to trying it out!