Originally Posted by
postmastergeneral
This straight razor shaving lark ought to come with a warning message! Dangerously addictive! I've only been doing it for 3 weeks now and I've 7; 3 new ones and have ordered 4 vintage Sheffields. I can shave well, BBS but it's still taking me around 25mins to do 3 passes but no cuts for ages now; I can only assume I will speed up as I get better with time. I'm on a ship which will be going round the Cape in a week or so, shaving whilst the ship is in heavy weather is adding to the challenge.
I wonder how long, if at all possible, one could shave with just one razor every day, along with regualr honing; could it last a lifetime?