2 years to the day (appropriately enough, my birthday) I ran an ultra-sharp pice of steel over my visage! Since then, I've acquired several ADs (RAD, HAD, SAD, SCAD, ASAD), learned to hone my own razors competently, tried loads of honing setups (finally zeroing in on what seems to work for me), experimented w/ lots of aftershaves, scuttles, strops, & picked up loads of info from this place!

Mike_ratliff: I still have the 5/8 w/ bone scales you sold me (my 1st straight) & it's a great shaver!