Quote Originally Posted by JoeLowett View Post
I agree. For all general purpose this is a traditional shaving forum, and all of us here use a shaving system which has generally been considered antiquated for the last 100 years.... So yes, dr. I believe we may be living in the past. :-)
You're not though. Just rediscovering something that worked well for hundreds of years. Tell me there's no state of the art technology being discussed in the honing forum? I have amassed (at my wife's ire) an extensive collection of old and new straights that I maintain myself. I love honing - it relaxes me and it's satisfying to put an edge on a piece of steel that blows away the best surgical blades. At the same time I'm amazed that Gillette can manufacture blades with just as good of an edge by the millions. I started shaving with a straight razor because I get a closer more comfortable shave than I did with disposables. Why can't you mix the new with the old? Why not use a product that was developed by a big Pharma company by scientists that know a lot more about skin than you do?

John