Quote Originally Posted by Soopercat View Post
I see, thats an expensive stone but if you can why not. My brother and I (well I am) converting from DE shaving to straight. He had a brain fart and said the most straights are sharper than our favourite DE razor blade. Well as brothers you can't just let something like that slide without getting into it. When we where younger someone would get beat up for it (if we disagreed on anything that is). Now a pot shot or two will suffice.

regards,

gerard
Feather sharp is doable, but it really does lose something in the way of smoothness and comfort when you get too close.
With a straight you have control over angle, pressure etc... but there really is such a thing as a razor that's too sharp.
that's why so many of us use straights... If a feather was the best route, We'd all be using them.