Hi guys, I`ve done my first half decent shave with a straight yesterday. I started off looking at lots of shave videos which I`m still doing. Then I shaved just a little bit of face a few times to get a feel for the correct grip and contours of my face etc.. Then, yesterday I did my first full face shave! Yay! Not the best shave in the world but I don`t suppose I`ll get that for a little while from what I`ve read about it. I`d say the quality of the shave was about that of my old "normal" razor, which, along with the fact my nose is still where it should be is a result. Hopefully I`ll improve as I go. Just a few questions though... In one of the videos I`ve watched, the shaver does sideways passes. I always thought shaving sideways was a bad thing? That it could result in ingrowing hair or something along those lines? It would certainly be a lot easier to get the moustache area sideways, I`m struggling to get the razor straight in from my nose downwards. So that`s one question. The other is about a hone. I don`t have one yet and I`m going to need one at some point. Can anyone recommend a hone that would be suitable for maintaining my razor? I`d quite like something with different grade grit on each side, I think that would be of most use. I`m still quite slow on the strop but that`ll soon change. It`s feeling like the razor wants a few strokes on the rough side of the strop as well as the smooth side after each shave, does that sound about right? It`s fairly easy to tell if it`s sharp enough isn`t it. I haven`t managed to get the hanging hair thing happening first time yet, I have to play the blade like a violin before the hair catches and cuts lol It definatly wasn`t sharp enough on my first go but now I`m setting aside half an hour at the end of the day to take my razor into my workshop and practice my stropping, I get the feeling faster is better but don`t rush things.... Oh one more question actually, would it be a good idea to use the pastes I`ve heard about on my strop? Which ones? Cheers guys! ;D