I got into straights after remembering a favorite uncle of mine shaving over his kitchen sink with his straight when I was about 8 years old.
I carried this memory with me for years& when I was a teenager I bought my first straight ,without a strop & wondered why I couldnt get a shave. i now know it wasn't even shave ready.
i tried all sorts of different razors after that dissapiontment. None of them really succesfully. So Igrew a beard for about 20 years,until I started shaving again. I discovered this forum & joined up all the dots ,so to speak & am now an exclusive straight user.
But I must add that the support & free passing of knowlege with the members of this forum is what turned an interest into a passion& a slight obsession. But now all my shaves are BBs.Cheers guys .Paul