I got it from www.charlesnicholls.co.uk so I would expect it to be as good as Dovo ship them out.

I bow to you guys' knowledge about the prep and so on and will concentrate on stropping.

By the way, I'm not unhappy with my first few shaves and I'm not expecting to sprint before I can amble.

I read Christopher Moss's pdf guide, and I think that gave me a good grounding.

I really want to hone when the time comes and I am overseas so other razors are not available.

Ady