Myth has it that Cortes burned his boats in order to commit his forces to the new world, and while I have heard that some straight razor fanatics have tossed their back up razors to commit to str8’s; I always thought the tactic a bit rash.
However the strategy is not without merit, especially when it comes to newbie shaving. If you’re cleaning up with your non-str8 tool, you may be missing out on reinforcing proper technique.
After all if you have a rough patch teasing you through the day you are going to be pretty thorough with that area next shave.
Lets face it most of us newbs have probably postured our efforts enough that we could get away with a few days of not even close to baby but shaves to re evaluate our efforts with a critical eye.
I don't recommend burning your boats and in fact Cortes never did, just maybe ease off the clean up tool and direct some thought to your next attack.