A big hello to everyone I'm glad I found you.Well I just got a new razor and strop a few days ago.No real problems with them as I used to use a straight razor about 20 years ago until I gave it to a guy in a hardware store to hone and he ruined it completely.I have been trying to find the brand again,I believe it was Gotoh and was made of German Silver steel in Solingen.Cant find it with Google so I guess they may have went out of business.Maybe I'm getting the name wrong.I have never honed before and although I have watched videos showing the technique,it is the amount of different stones that bewilders me.I don't know where to start.