Originally Posted by
fccexpert
At the risk of offending some on the forum, I am going to have to jump in here and try and bring some sanity. Over the past several months, I have become increasingly concerned with tendency to make the use and care of straight razors some type of esoteric art. This is simply not the case and is my opinion counter productive to the stated goal of this forum, which is to encourage growth of straight razor shaving.
In truth, straight razor shaving, honing, stroping etc. are nothing more than skills that can be learned by anyone with average, or even below average manual dexterity.