Originally Posted by
gugi
yeah, don't worry about rust - if you use the razor every day i don't imagine you'll have a problem and if you do, treating it with oil as the others before me suggested should solve it. That's 10 more seconds so even if it's a bit of a pain it's not too bad - I probably spend 20-30 seconds to rinse the blade, and dry the razor at the end of the shave.
and yeah honing stainless steel is not worse than honing carbon steel - in fact one of my stainless blades is one of the easiest razors to hone - it's just because the blade is perfectly straight and the steel is great.