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    Quote Originally Posted by freenarative View Post
    What think you? Ifyou take an hour or two to hone and strop a cheap blade will it give you asgood a blade, shave and experience assomething more expensive or must one geta custom blade to truly enjoy a shave to its fullest?
    You could theoretically put an equal edge on both razors.
    The number of passes each razor will make thru stubble could vary greatly.

    I can't speak from experience re $3 Chinese razors but change the words to '$14 Pakistani razor' & the greatest masters of razordom will still only get a few strokes till edge destruction.

    I would also say that many cheaper vintage razors can shave as well as customs if honed equally.
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    NO. Absolutely not !
    Good judgment comes from experience, and experience....well that comes from poor judgment.

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    I think the real answer is simple.
    Superior razor, cheap razor, newbie or 'master'.... There are so many factors involved in getting a great shave its possible that if the conditions are off even a 'master' with the finest razor in the world could have a less then perfect shave. On the other hand if all the conditions are perfect a newbie shave COULD have an excellent shave with awesome results with a cheapie blade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 32t View Post
    A skillful master can use an inferior tool to accomplish his task. When you mention experience it involves much more than the "task".
    With some things yes. If you got into a car race with Mario Andretti and you were driving a race car and he was driving a Yugo I would bet you wouldn't stand a chance. With razors I'm not so sure. A razor that shaves poorly will shave that way no matter who uses it.
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    I agree that there are too many variables. Give a perfectly honed razor to someone who doesn't have the skill to use it or giving a dull razor to someone that knows will result in a bad shave.

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    To the OP

    Wow just Wow

    I am not even sure what you are asking

    But I read the post twice, and here is my answer

    Some razors shave better then other razors, that "Better" often has nothing to do with "Price", and has everything to do with "Quality of Materials and Workmanship"

    One other thing I know to be true, but I am not really sure if that is what you asking
    "An experienced hand can shave a much less "Shave Ready" razor then an inexperienced hand can"

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    The short answer, perfection will only be had with a properly honed quality razor in experienced hands.
    With either lacking, mediocracy is what one will end up with. At best
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    Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....


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    I get what you're saying... Skilled hands can accomplish a task with sub-par tools, because their skill aides them. Unskilled hands will sometimes accomplish the same job with above par tools, because the quality of the tool aides them.

    The real question is, how much better will the skilled hands perform with above par tools?

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    I totally get the philosophy the OP is aiming for. It kind of reminds me of this clip from the Boondocks (some bad language) The Blind Samurai - YouTube


    I could be wrong, but the notion seems to be revolving around the true skill/edge resting with the expert user, not so much the tool he is using. It works great for stories and legends, but doesn't have much practical application for using a straight.
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