Originally Posted by
Utopian
Nope, you've got it completely wrong. I started with razors that I honed and maintained with just barber hones for about 5 years THEN I found SRP and learned of the existence of the other hones and I wanted to try them all. (Seriously, if you saw my honing lair, I mean pretty much all!) I was far from "content." I started trying other hones and razors but chose to leave my 7 day set, that I kept in a locker at a University gym, pure and untainted by all of the newer hones. That way I had a control set to be able to compare my old method with all of the new stuff I was trying. As my honing improved, I could tell that my edges were better with all my fancy Eschers and jnats etc. but my old set still continued right on shaving just fine.