Hi Porl,

Thanks!

To be honest I am not quite sure if it's shave ready. But as you said it shaves right out of the box.

Yes, I do have a parker 3"x27" strop. I did 30 laps on the canvas and about 50 on the leather.

Regarding honing- we don't have any SR specialist here. We do have for knives and others but I wouldn't trust them with my prized SR.

I will probably have to do it myself after watching vdos. Someone is bring me a Norton 4k/8k in a couple of months time. Do you think that the blade may ruin in a novice's hands?