So in a month when it starts pulling he's gonna spend 50 bucks and two weeks without a razor to send it to get honed professionally? Or buy 30 dollars worth of stones and a simple strop and learn to do it himself? I wouldn't wanna use straights either if I had so send it in every other month. I got into this to save unnecessary costs..not to save time. Of course I'm well beyond that point having spent quite a lot on expensive razors.