I will give you new guys a big heads up. Sharpening a razor is a different animal all together then sharpening tools. The folks that sharpen tools will tell you otherwise and think they can put an edge on anything, sadly they are NOT knowledgeable enough to know the difference. Save your money and your straight till you find a guy that knows what he is doing with a razor. Plenty of guys have gotten discouraged and given up on straights because of bad experiences with poor honing. Nothing beats a shave with a straight, but it has to be honed properly, if not a disposable is better.