Thanks to all you guys that replied, I have a few more questions though. As I read the post of 10Pups I started wondering wether I should hone the razor which came in the sealed box (remembering it is a dovo, and most of them are not shave ready from the factory), I'm not sure if I should drop to the norton 4K - 8k -12k (naniwa), the reason I'm not sure it is because the razor doesn't perform a bad shave at all, it's just not good as the bismarck pre-honed. What do you guys think? And dropping down to the 4k to begin the progression wouldn't damage the edge that, in my opinion isn't so bad? What progression do you guys recomend if I chose to rehone the razor? Thanks to everybody.