I started looking into DE's 3 years ago, and cost was the driving force. Struggled learning to use it, and then found this site somehow, and the problem was solved. It didn't take long until I wanted a straight, and that was out of curiosity, from being on here. My first razor was a Boker Red injun I picked up at an antique shop. I cleaned it up, sanitized it, honed it on a 4/8 Norton after reading up on honing. It must have had a a decent bevel on it still, because I got it sharp ...enough. Talked to a local barber, he gave me a Franz swatty barber hone, I bought a strop, watched lots of vids. I still can't set a bevel have all the stones I need, it just isn't clicking. So me being cheap, got me here, little did I know this would become a hobby, and an expensive one!