New Guys: An important piece of advice from a fellow newb

[FloorPizza]

If I were to start all over again...

1. Buy two cheap, but quality, vintage blades off of ebay.

2. Immediately send one of them off to a honemeister to be professionally sharpened. I just got mine back from GSSIXGUN, and I can't even begin to describe how freaking sharp this thing is. *Don't shave with a straight* until you get this one back. Trust me on this.

3. Get the appropriate honing supplies, including, of course, a good strop. I gotta toot Tony Miller's horn for the strop.

4. Start working on getting your second razor as sharp as the honemeister sharpened one.

5. Have fun!