Quote Originally Posted by TheFlyFishingGuy View Post
Hate to burst your bubble, but after 30 shaves there is no way you need to go to the Nortons. You can refresh the edge with a barber's hone, chromium oxide, or a bunch of other high grit stuff. If you keep the edg e up you may not have to go to the Nortons for years.
Where do you get the 30 shaves from? I see 2.5 months, that could mean 75 shaves....

I would say someone just starting out is much more likely to dull an edge, not having the stropping totally down ect...
10-20 laps on a 8k Norton may be all that's needed though.