I have seen people doing the HHT on youtube without any effort which I am still unable to do on my razor. My razor is a 5"8 hollow ground. There was another one which a guy detailed how to get the perfect edge:



which included buying a lot of stuff from what I can see. I currently just have a normal strop and one 12k stone and one 8k. I have tried honing them but the best I can do is get the blade to where it can easily just shave off hair on my arm. My question is, is the HHT absolutely necessary to get the most comfortable shave in your gentlemen experience ?

Also, when sellers here say "shave ready" do they really mean the razor is passing HHT or just that it's comfortable enough to shave ?

I have read too people who swear by coticules say that a bit of pull and "feedback" on the razor is desirable. Hopefully some one can shed some light on this, as to a beginner this can be very confusing.