Originally Posted by
Gasman
Or unless your just stubborn and do it anyway. I went that route. I screwed up a few blades but just kept at it. And after "1.5 years" of honing I finally got it. It's a slow learning process. So many things to understand that cant be explained. So, YES, you can learn to hone, shave, lather, strop, etc all at once. But it's going to be a long road with many failures. Plus it will take longer to learn them all at once compared to learning a couple things at a time. Roy likes to remind me of my stubbornness but I survived and made it. If I wasn't so stubborn I most likely would have given up and went back to the DE!
Thank you, Roy, for trying to slap me down when I needed it. Too bad I didn't listen. Ha. It would have gone smoother your way.
And Thank you Mike T. for bringing this up. I think most newbies don't feel its a big deal. Its a much bigger deal than they can imagine. Trust Me.