Quote Originally Posted by Almax9633 View Post
Surely I should not have to hone a new razor costing £190, also the amount of honing required would be ridiculious to say the least as we are talking nearly a 1/4mm of curvature (smile) towards each end of the blade. I cannot see how this can be repaired with honing unless one is prepaired to remove a great deal of the blade. At the same time the blade may get worse as you travel up the blade. The Thiers Issard blade is like wafer thin almost all the way up to the spine as it is a singing blade.

Is it reasonable to expect a user to hone away from taking it out of the box, had the blade been flat then I might have considered a light honing but this puppy is going to take a lot of honing to correct if it all.
Hate to disappoint, but you should expect to hone most new straight razors, price notwithstanding. To further disappoint you, two things: 1. TI has notoriously spotty quality control and 2. TIs can be a little fickle to hone. So, to finish on a positive note, once you get them shaving well, TIs shave with the best of them.