I've always felt that carbon steel razors are true to what is more or less an old-fashioned hobby.

I've got a couple of stainless razors and I personally use the carbon steel ones much, much more. They're definitely easier to hone, and when you shave with them, they're quite different, I find. There's more "feeling" and more "understanding" from a carbon steel blade, if that makes sense (people who've used both might understand). It's like getting a massage from either a trained professional or one of those Shiatsu chairs from big box stores. A carbon blade is a lot like a professional maseuse you can speak candidly to for specific requests, so he or she can zero in on sensitive areas with care. Stainless razors are those chairs. They're not nearly as modifiable, you see. They're just not the work horses carbon razors are. They're their own little entities.

Stainless doesn't give a damn about you. It's cold, it's hard. It's mainly preoccupied with looking pretty and keeping its "cut" figure as long as possible.