Quote Originally Posted by junkinduck View Post
It does give imeadiate feedback when you do it wrong.

Don
Just like my wife.

Crash, I did the same shaving progression as you did. Now I'm addicted to straights. My face still isn't tough enough (and my skill with a straight isn't good enough) to where I can use a straight ATG every day, so I'm still using a DE (Gillette black handled slim adjustable with a Derby blade) almost daily (first pass always with a straight WTG and XTG, then ATG with a DE). It's amazing how fast you can pick up a DE after a straight and have a BBS shave in minutes. What used to take me 25 minutes with a DE now takes me 5.

Using a straight forces you to map out your whisker growth patterns almost down to each and every folicle. Having that map in your head, you can zip a DE around the real estate in no time. If nothing else, learning how to use a straight will improve your DE usage. But most likely, it'll end up being a really fun hobby.