Well, I went and asked in the honing forums whether or not to convex my edges. I am a butcher and I use a convex edge on all of my work knives. After seeing the responses I decided to go with a traditional edge(no convex) on my very old King Liberty Bell and my W. Bingham razors. I probably did not sharpen them the way that is recommended, so I won't post my process. All I know is that they came in dull and now they pass the every recommended test.

I was given a Wedgwood scuttle by my father, he used it when he used to wet shave. I lathered up the soap and applied it to my face with a boar hair brush. I stretched the skin on my cheek and made the first stroke. It was clean all the way through, and I did not have a single cut. I decided if I was going to go through with this whole straight shaving thing, I'd go balls to the wall, and do my entire beard, neck and all. Thankfully the only cuts I received were from the razor running over in-grown hairs from my previous shave.

All in all, I have fallen in love with straight razor shaving. It is a slower process, but the fact that it is a closer shave and the fact that I feel "one" with an instrument I have hand sharpened, makes it that much more appealing than the 83 1/2 bladed razors you see on the market today.