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rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
What you say is true. There are however many who would like to try SR shaving and do not have access to an outside source to hone a SR for them. I didn't when living in the Philippines. I also had to work out my SR shaving technique and all the other variables while not knowing if I had a good shave-ready SR.They can be made to shave, but I'm glad I didn't try it as my first razor. I think the point some people are trying to make is, without ANY experience of what a properly shave ready razor is supposed to feel like, how is a newbie going to know how and if they are getting there? Even with hones it would be hard enough, let alone stropping hundreds of laps, probably with dubious stropping technique, and saying to themselves "Hmmm.... I think it hurts less today?" While at the same time trying to work out their shaving technique, and all the other variables.
Then there are others who, for whatever reason, have a limit on the budget they are willing or able to spend on their first venture into SR shaving.
I still remember the trials and tribulations that I went through as a beginner in the gentlemanly art. It is from these memories and the experience I have now acquired that allows me to still think like a beginner and advise them accordingly.
Yes, if you have plenty of money to throw at your endeavour and a reputable honemeister within cooee, I don't deny there are much easier ways for a beginner to get into SR shaving.