Thanks for the encouragement!

I think I will be able to use both hands eventually with practice.

As for the razor from WhippedDog, I will take a photo of it tonight.

I was very pleased with the three pass shave with safety razor and Bald Frog Soap. I will be very excited when I get to do more with the straight.

Never used anything except cartridge/disposable razors in my life. Always been an against the grain guy, so I am used to a pretty close shaves. The result with the safety was more luxuriously close than I expected and feels very nice. No irritation or blood, but since I am cheating by working on a mustache/goatee at present, I did not have to do the hard parts

I've had barber shaves (shavette) a couple of times with mixed results (not close enough or missed spots).