Aloha!
Ha. Reminds me of my grandfather shaving with his old Solingen when I was a kid. He wielded a fast blade on his course beard too. Styptic pencil at the ready because he did cut himself frequently with his cavalier style of shaving. I would not have been surprised if I saw sparks fly when he shaved.
Yep, I have three GD razors and I've honed every one to a nice shave finish. My red scale model actually DID come shave-ready, but it still IMO needed a 12k hone finish. I have long suspected that even when they actually DO come so-called shave-ready, it's a 4k/8k Norton type hone. Just a hunch.
Anthony Esposito (The Stallion) loves his GD shavas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sClejBCjlk