I just had my first str8 shave yesterday and it was by far the best shave I have ever had. I was kinda surprised at how well it went considering I had no experience with it at all. Only knicked myself twice and one of them was on the chin, which i agree with what i have read. It is definitely tricky.

I genuinely look forward to shaving now. Its not just a dull duty that I have to perform every morning. I am already fighting the urge to acquire more shaving stuff.

I want to say thank you to everyone for all the questions asked and answered and a special thanks to Lynn for making that DVD. There is so much great information from the ppl here and it has helped me out so much.

One other question real quick...
I have a Norton 4k/8k and I was wondering if i can go from that to stropping and shaving or should I definitely get a finishing stone? Any advice I can get on this would be greatly appreciated.