After watching the many informative videos on line it was time to get the 1st shave on.Lot of pre shave prep whilst looking out of the corner of my eye at the chosen weapon, Dovo best quality with a little nervousness .As the blade approached my right sideburn I'm sure I noticed a little tremble!Slowly I proceeded to shave the side to the jaw line as previously recommended ,so far so good, then the cheek, all ok, finished 1st pass with the DE. 2nd pass, same as the 1st but this time left side using left hand as recommended ,all ok but felt a little awkward to say the least,finished off with the DE.One thing I struggled with was trying to look over the 1st &2nd fingers as I brought the razor down from the side burn,(tips welcomed).All in all I felt quite pleased I'd achieved some form of straight razor shave.I am going to stay with this routine for a while yet until I get confident enough to try a full shave, mind it could be a while!