Today I experienced for the first time what "shave-ready" really means! After fighting with an old W.R. Case as my first SE, I decided to order a Dovo 5/8 1/4 hollow grind from SRD based on a recommendation I received here on the forum. The difference in shaving was amazing! It was amazing to me how my hairs just popped and the shave was so comfortable due to lack of pressure I needed to apply. During this shave, I got into a great zen-like state which started with a nice hot shower, AOS sandlewood pre-shave oil, AOS sandlewood cream, and AS! I got such a close and smooth shave and no nicks!

Cleaning up however is when my zen state abruptly ended. I was cleaning off the sink counter and fumbled my razor, which crashed down to the tile floor... I was pissed at myself as I don't consider myself to be clumsy. Looking at the blade, looks like the bevel is nicked in two spot I tried to capture it in the pic below. Now the question is, should I try to strop this out or should I send it back to SRD and redeeme my free honing coupon? If it's the latter, I didn't expect to need it so quickly. You live you learn