the G&F was new and said shave ready but i bought it to test my honing on, just so i dont ruin a better razor later. got a set of norton 220,1k,4k,8k, lapping stone and slurry stone. hard black arkansas, hard translucent arkansas, also got belgian yellow coticule, and belgian blue, also a new swaty,a strop and an english honing stone. now i want to get a hold on an old escher not a new one, not even the latest stone they just cut up
Well......I guess that's almost enough stones.....
and 2 day i got 2 more razor hones in the mail, one "Barber" and one "Barber jr" now im just waiting for the last 3 razor hones that are in the mail 1 Mohawk, 1 Niagara and 1 unknown that followed the Niagara. Now im going to ruin my unused stones