Hi Mike,

Welcome. Your 25 years of shaving experience will be helpful for the group and there are also lots of experienced folks here that can help you. That's the magic and greatness of this site. You'll have a great time here.

Check out the Honing and Stropping sub-forum and read all the old posts. It'll probably make your head spin though. Many like the Norton 4/8 but take a look also at the Belgian stones that Tony Miller sells as well as his collection of strops (he also sells the Belgian Coticules). I use Tony's pre-pasted 4-sided strop to touch up my razors so they only need to be honed maybe every 6 months, if that. There's a wealth of information on this site so enjoy.

Ed