Well after hearing good things about straights online and liking knives as well as having shaved a couple of times with a knife when I was 17 I thought straights would be good for me, especially as I have sensitive skin and it responds poorly to repeated shaving.

So I got the full norton water stone set, and a swaty, and some strops. And while I can shave with it, it does not seem especially close and my skin does not seem to like it all that much.

I have been mostly using some old razors got from eBay(I like restoring and repairing such things so thought that would be good) but didn't do much better with the new Timor Blue Steel or Dovo Best Quality.

Ideas on where I am going wrong?