Thread: Thoughts on Honing and Restoration Services

Straight razor shave one: "Hey, that razor doesn't shave. It must be dull"
Straight razor shave two: "When I buy that expensive soap, the shave will be better"
Straight razor shave three: "There's something wrong with my strop, it must be defect"
Straight razor shave four: "I need a better Badger"
Straight razor shave five: "I need a hone"
Straight razor shave six: "My hone is defect :-("
Straight razor shave seven: "If I get my edge is sharper, my shaves will be closer"
Straight razor shave eight: "I need a razor that takes a keener edge"
Straight razor shave nine: "I need a Shapton"
Straight razor shave ten: "My Shapton is not hone-ready :-("
Straight razor shave eleven: "If I get a pricey lapping plate, my honing will be better"
Straight razor shave twelve: "I need a custom razor. It will be keener than a non-custom"
Straight razor shave thirteen: "I need a Nakayama"
Straight razor shave fourteen "That OldSchool guy is a crook" ( only joking, OS)
Straight razor shave fifteen: "I need diamond paste"
Straight razor shave sixteen: "That diamond stuff is worthless"

Around this time, if you are lucky, the wife will decide it's time to enter the scene, and stop the vortex of expenses. For the first time, you will be truly focused on "shaving" instead of being distracted by your own C0ckiness.

Straight razor shave seventeen: "hm, this is getting closer, if I pay a bit more attention at my shaving angle, it might even be better next time"
Straight razor shave eighteen: "wow, it never occurred to me how nice that lather actually smells"
Straight razor shave twenty: "Honing on that Nakayama is like caressing a woman. That OldSchool guy must have been onto something after all."
Straight razor shave twenty-one: "Wow, straight razor shaving is all about slowing down, I never expected it to become such an assuasive activity."