Unfortunately, it seems the honing job may not have been as good as it could have, and I'd hate to send it out again. From the middle to the heel is good and keen, though from the middle out to the toe, not quite so great. Led to a pretty sub-par first shave...kind of disappointing. I do have some of the Thiers Issard paste coming on Thursday. I'm hoping that will bring out the edge on the toe end. It's not dull, but just uneven across the blade and I really hope the paste can fix me up.