Just jumping in. My first str8 razor shave happened just a few months ago. Since then I have honed and stropped my razor to my taste (got the Norton 4/8k and a couple of hand-made leather strops for this). I guess that there is still a big path ahead, though.

Other shaving-related abilities are still undeveloped. I don't have a brush (still soap my face with my bare hands, with Gillette aerosol canned foam for "sensitive skin", as I was doing previously for disposable two or three-blade cartridges). I might try a brush and a better soap (or a home-made one, even better) in the future. Another one is shaving itself. I somehow shave my face almost in the same direction (upwards down). The videos I have watched show that more skilled users shave just the opposite near the neck, so there must be an advantage doing so.

I might even try to make a brand-less str8 razor. I make a knife every now and then. When? Well: That's a whole different issue ;-)