Originally Posted by
Nuntits
All this talk about microscopes, the Barber did not use these 150 years ago, they just knew what the razor should feel like on their stone and their strop. Personally, my experience so far has been a good one, I get pretty damn smooth shaves for the most part, even though all I have to work with is a broken pike brand razor hone that must be just ancient, and an equally as weathered and nicked strop from an antique mall. Half the time I don't fully achieve a true HHT but at the end of my shave I am pleased and happy with my work, and so is my skin. Isn't that what it should be about?