People, it seems, have had varying levels of satisfaction with the GDs based on what I have read here on SRP. I have one that shaves pretty well. I would not however suggest a razor like this for a first razor because as far as I can see they are never shave ready and always require a good hone at the least. I would suggest finding a older shave ready razor, from the classifieds maybe and start from there. If you want to get a GD later to practice your honing etc at least you will have a measure of what a sharp razor is.

Stu