Coming up on a week at this, and I'd say all things considered it's going pretty well. While I wouldn't classify today's shave as the most comfortable shave I've had, I only had two nicks, both of which were clearly angle issues on my part. Results though, I'd say some parts are actually better than my typical DE results, some parts are on par with my DE and some parts are about on par with what I used to get with a cartridge. So, I think not bad for the first week.

I am concerned that I have a sharpness issue with my razor. Being a newb, it's hard to know for sure. I can say that I can shave the hair on my arm fairly easily, but if I lift the blade off my arm a bit, the hairs won't pop. I don't know if this is too high an expectation for a newb, if I have hair that just doesn't pop, if I've destroyed the hone (I did do a TNT on it - rookie mistake) or if my honing skills just aren't developed yet. I'm thinking about getting a second razor as a reference razor. Probably something from a vendor like Vintage Blades rather than off the Classifieds so I can be sure it's as shave ready as it can be. I don't relish the added expense, but I think I'm going to stick with for the foreseeable future, so it's probably a good investment.

Thoughts?