OK, first attempt with the straight razor...not so good. Not only did I manage to impart over 100 tiny slices like paper cuts all over my face, I took the top of my mole off as well, the blade didnt glide. kept biting me. the soap I was using right after lathering up became sticky. I placed a hot towle on my face for 2min after I had a shower and made a nice lather. I stroped my razor slowly maybe 20 times before applying the soap and getting down to business. My face hurts really REALLY bad and not only that but the razor didnt get most of the wiskers... after i washed all the soap off a tone of red little lines appeared all over my face...had to use stypic pencil on 80% of my face and now i look like a white ghost. :-S