Thread: how far can you go

I know its one mans opinion against another, YMMV, many paths lead to the same destination and on and on... What a moot point it is to determine what is the right approach for that desired edge. I have edges from pinklather, cudarunner and gssixgun. All of them shaved at a level that the first time out took my breath away. With time, and what I now realize is a wiry beard, I get to where I need a re freshening after four uses (22 razor rotation) and was faced, finally with the need to learn to refresh them myself. Much reading, watching videos and talking I took the plunge off the cliff three days ago and dug out my Swaty, whipped up a little lather, held the BH in my hand, thought "I am the wind, a light breeze" and imaged a micron of space between the blade and the hone and did five laps. Moved to a crox linen for seven, 25 on leather and then 75 on my Russian shell strop. It didn't take my breath away but it did make me catch my breath and realize what a series of simple movements can produce. I will master re freshening, I 'm too old to for the learning curve to be a honer, and look forward to a year from now when I might have to call upon those three worthy gentleman for their ethereal skills in bringing an edge of steel to perfection. As for the debate 'how far can you go' viva la difference!