Quote Originally Posted by mranderson View Post
I've shaved about 4 times with my new, unhoned straight. I wanted to practice stropping and thus risk ruining the edge before it was honed as opposed to after. Then once i practiced stropping, I was too excited not to shave with it. After 4 shaves, I've worked myself up to a single wtg pass on my whole face. I've never had worse razor burn in my life but I've loved every minute of it. In fact, in a few minutes i'm going to go shower and shave with it one last time before i send it off to be honed.
Well......I guess that's one way to know the difference between shave ready and not.....Ouch...but at least ya got moxie and a happy outlook. Welcome to SRP and heal soon. Happy New Year