I catch myself feeling my 5:00 shadow wondering if I can shave it yet.
So do I, now that I have a properly sharpened razor (Honed by Mike_ratliff). I made the mistake of buying a warped blade from a junk shop & trying to hone it myself w/ an [unlapped] Arkansas stone--gave up real fast & went to DEs--much better shave than the "Crap-3", but I still wanted to give straights a proper go--so this time, I did it the "right way" with a shave-ready blade. Makes all the difference--2nd shave w/ it & some spots are already smoother than the DE could do! Some aren't, but it should get better. I also noticed the pressure/angle thing this morning! I think a major case of RAD is right around the corner!

Erik