I used a shavette for more than 7 months before purchasing my first shave ready straight razor. My experience was the opposite of yours and the first time I use a straight razor I found it to be all around superior to the shavette. There are a multitude of variables.....so many that they can support a Forum with a trillion members and a zillion answers to the same question asked a gazillion times......it is fun otherwise we would not be here. A door just opened with the purchase of a straight razor......good luck!