Quote Originally Posted by Euclid440 View Post
.....Stropping is very under rated skill. A properly stropped razor will shave for up to a year, with a pasted strop, indefinitely.......
+1...I agree with Marty. I've heard accounts (or rather 'read' accounts) of old time Barbers being able to get a hundred + ( or more!) customer shaves with the proper and efficient use of a quality linen/leather strop. When I have a razor that 'isn't quite right' I find that some extra laps (100-200) on the strops will more often than not solve the problem...assuming of course that there is no real obvious edge damage present.

My opinion is that a 'shaver' only ( not a hobbyist or collector ) really doesn't need a set of hones. A rotation of 2-3 quality razors that were properly honed, a good quality strop, a pasted strop, and a quality ( rather inexpensive) Barber's hone for touch-ups will keep you going for quite a long time...as Marty says maybe indefinitely.