so I decided that i was SO excited about getting into the whole wetshaving thing that I was going to go buy my straight razor as soon as I could, so I went to some wholesale place with my barber and he got me hooked up for only $50...and that all happened BEFORE i found this site and all the other wealth of information that is the internet. so now i have this brand new fromm, and i need to get it honed properly so i can start using it... but i've heard some mediocre and some bad things about this razor. I asked one particular honemeister and he said he wouldn't hone it, that it wouldn't take an edge and i needed to buy another razor.
any experiences with this razor? can i at least make a decent shaver out of it so i can use it for...a year or so...while i try to find a deal on a new razor? or i suppose i could start saving... but you know how that goes... most of you were in college at some point in time...