I am relatively new to SR shaving but I have learned a few things by making mistakes, some of them potentially costly. So I figured I would pass my mistakes on to the new guys and it seems a topic that's not commonly spoken, I could be wrong though so don't quote me. I was shaving yesterday and was all through and squaring away my gear when I went to set my razor down, I scraped the blade across a small wooden shelf next to my sink. I marred the edge pretty good and that was just on a piece of wood!!. I also bumped the edge against my ceramic hone , after I had gotten done with a coarser hone and put a nick in the edge, I had to go beyond my initial hone to a 220, that's frustrating!!!!. So handle your SR like you would a katana, mind your edge!! Hey, I think I will use that as a signature, heheh. I hope this helps, careful shaving all!

Adam