hello all,

I have now officially run the gamut from utterly un-godly ripping the hairs of my face shaves, to surprisingly enjoyable shaves (and everything in between), with my slightly warped Dovo. I bring this up now to because when I was younger and first thought straights were a good idea, I talked to a few neighborhood barbers about what they thought. And my lord... they made it seem like jumping into the lions den would leave me with a prettier face than straights (some maybe not quite so adamant, however still to the effect). But thus far, I have shed enough blood possibly to starve a mosquito.

So basically two questions...
1. Am I just lucky and one day I am going to eat my words and end up looking like the joker (i.e. people get cut by not paying attention, as opposed to lack of skill)

2. Why do barbers hate straights... and why so adamant about it too.

This may pass as a stupid post, but I'm interested in other newb's experiences, and how frequent other people are cutting themselves and why.

thanks
Alan