Your old angle may have been too low , but I doubt it . I remember when I had been shaving with a straight for about 1 month , I made the same "discovery" . The higher shaving angle worked well (except for the razor burn) until I gave myself 2 good cuts during the same shave . These were real cuts that bled alot , not nicks . When I finally worked up the nerve to shave with a straight again , my angle was so low that the razor was almost flat on my face . You still need to develop your technique . It will take months to do this , not weeks , and years to truly refine it .