Thanks for the moral support Old !.........In answer to your second question, the answer is "No".

After watching the dvd, I thought I could do it, so I tried......(and tried & tried).

Now the old Case.....I figured that thing needed a fair amount of work, as I notice a good amount of flattening on the spine (being an OLD razor, it's only doing what's expected of it)......

Now the new T-I......Well, the propaganda sheet that came with the razor promised that it was "ready to shave with".

I didn't believe it, so I did a little honing on that too !

I'm kind of stumped right now.......do I keep trying to get these things sharp myself (thus enjoying the "pride" of doing it myself), or do I swallow my pride, and send them to Lynn ?

After all, he said in the dvd, that part of the joy is shaving with a razor that YOU YOURSELF honed.

WHO KNOWS ?......maybe it IS sharp, and I'm just expecting too much ?

Marko......