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01-05-2012, 02:06 AM #7
Lack of stropping or honing skill doesn't logically raise the Mach3 to the status of a "great razor"
If you don't have the time, coordination or desire to learn to use a straight that's the reality.
If poor stropping was the problem you could have sent the razors out for rehoning & researched/practised stropping. I usually recommend newbs to practice on a makeshift strop made from a single sheet of newspaper. It saves on leather & honing fees. You are correct in saying "shaving with a straight requires stropping and sharpening skills that most don't have" but the skills are not unattainable as many will attest to.
With 4-6 razors in your rotation you should not even need to use stones during your learning period. A rhetorical question but did you seriously expect to hone an edge as well as Lynn does so soon ?“The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”