The first thing that i have learned is that I should have had my razor sent off to be honed i bought my own hones and did it my self toke longer than i thought but i think i have it now I am looking into getting a shave ready razor but must wait for the monies to make it self available.The second thing i learned was even though that my DE prep is good I need a little more with the straight. And the third thing is working on the angle and follow through. My last shave I was so excited that the razor was cutting smoothly that I stopped and held the razor in place to see and gave myself a three inch long nick. Opps but lesson learned.