Ha! Not deserted, just lacking in even normal amenities, let alone old school ones, like strops, brushes, and cream.

I may be able to send it out for honing, but it's insanely expensive to send things out and receive them, here. I uploaded a pic, and tried to include a bit of the greenery in the background.

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...and one of the wet stone...

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There IS a locally-sold, China-made straight razor available, but I wasn't sure if it'd be worth the Eastern Caribbean Dollars I'd have to spend on it. Thoughts on that?