Quote Originally Posted by emacsomancer View Post
Thanks for the welcome, all.

@Leatherstockings: Thanks for the pointer - have been browsing through "The Finer Things"

@tcrideshd: Yes, I bought the razor professionally honed, for the very reason that I wouldn't have a reference point otherwise.
Trust me when I say that not all "shave ready" razors are shave ready. Who did you buy it from? What type of reputation do they have? If you purchased from one of the vendors here then it will be truly shave ready, but if it came from eBay it would be questionable at best.