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Poor Glenn! He gets all the bastard children! :D Seriously, if you go this route, you could do worse! He shall get it spittin hairs out and you would behoove yourself in following his advise! ...

I estimate that that sort of blade is not good for a beginner, period. Smiling edges take experience to strop and hone. It will come around, no doubt, but at what cost? Better to start with a more...

Well, that thing is nowhere near shave ready. Not an opinion, a fact!

Looks like some metal removed on the heel. Absence of bevel down there. A few layers of tape and rock and roll on a dmt and on to a 1k to get things going from what I can see. JMO