Well what really got me into shaving with a straight was I had an uncle that shaved with one. That fascinated me because Isince I was a little youngster I always loved pocket knives and I guess I just put knives and straight razors together. As I got older I started collecting antique knives and aquired a few razors. I remember seeing how he used a razorand had an old razor hone in my box of sharpeners, so I honed up a M Jung and stropped it on a smooth piece of leather and tried it out. Since then of course I got a set of hones and a strop. And with a few shaves I was hooked. First few shaves took a while but im finally STARTING to perfect the technique.

I have been doing my own sharpening on hollow grounds and doing pretty good with them. Wedges on the other hand I just cant get them how I want them