Quote Originally Posted by RobinK View Post
I think it depends on who you ask. Why are we even discussing this? Because there is a difference in perception of "shave readiness" (or, as I recently learned, "true shave readiness"). None of the Revisor razors I have owned or tested were not shave ready. Meaning, they removed facial hair without tugging. Which, in my opinion, qualifies as "shave ready". There are others who think that sharper is better. I would beg to differ, and quite strongly so, but that is just a personal preference. I positively hate Feather DE blades for the same reason - my skin finds them quite unbecoming, and the extra sharpness does not add any extra closeness. But, YMMV.
Robin, unless the accepted wisdom in this community had changed significantly, our collective refrain is usually to tell new guys that they should have their razor honed by a professional (or insert honemeister if you will) so that that edge will become the standard to which they can judge shave readiness. When I was getting started and knew nothing about honing, I did just that. And to this day, that remains my standard. Yes, YMMV. However, the three razors I have purchased from Revisor did not meet the standard I had come to accept for shave readiness. And since these razors had so much more potential, why would we suggest to anyone to simply accept what might otherwise be significantly better? Unless a professionally honed edge is NOT really the standard for judging shave ready, then in that case I might be wrong. In that case I'll simply inform new Revisor owners to be aware that your new razor may have a greater level of potential than you know. And you can call that what you like.