Quote Originally Posted by mparker762 View Post
... if you master proper stropping you just won't need to hone very often unless you're into restoring old straight razors from ebay. So I guess I would say that honing is an important skill for restoration work, but not so much for shaving.

Yes, yes, and hell yes. I have to agree. It took me quite a while to learn this lesson, but it's something all the newbies should be told.