Hey all, just completed my first straight razor shave, and didn't slice my head off. I took the advice from here and bought a couple of shave ready razors from altima55 on ebay. I've been using a DE for a couple of months now, so the sting wasn't there. I was a bit nervous putting that blade to my face so it skipped a little, spent about 30 minutes and three passes to build up confidence enough to hold it and not let it skip. I haven't bought a strop yet so I'll be looking for suggestions on here, until I get one my DE will suffice. I'm thinking it should be stropped before every shave.

Thanks for the site and insight....