Originally Posted by
blueprinciple
Grow a beard. It's much safer, you won't cut yourself, you will save the cost of a pyramid (dashed expensive these days) and you can go out into the moonlight and pretend to be a werewolf whilst honing your razor hung upside-down in a tree which - as any fule kno (!) - is the only real and true way to get a good edge. Apparently the rush of blood to the brain starts a very slight hand-tremble that does wonders for wires, nicks, cracks, warpage, pitting, scratches, busted ends, moustache-notches (sic) and shortened blades. Marvellous stuff. Do it all the time meself and it ain't done me no harm......:w