When it's your first one with a used razor that you cleaned up and honed yourself

I've been shaving with a couple of good razors bought from the honemeisters here while working on some ebay specials that I picked up for practice honing. My routine until now was to test a self honed razor, put it down in disgust after a couple strokes, and finish with one of the good ones. None of my own honing efforts have been up to snuff until today, when I lathered up and tested my latest attempt on a 5/8 Fritz Bracht Dovo. While not quite as good as the professionally honed ones, it was pretty close and good enough for a very nice shave. Instead of putting this one back down I was able to finish with it and add it to the rotation group when I was done. I don't have a finishing stone yet so have been using the Norton 4000/8000 and polishing with 10 laps on a 0.5 diamond paste paddle.

Lynn mentions this feeling in the shaving DVD and now I know what he's talking about. Since starting all this a few weeks ago I've gone from hating to shave to wishing my whiskers would grow faster.