I finally got the nerve up to give the straight razor shave a go. I only did the right side of my face & must say I can tell a great difference from there to the rest of my face done with a Schick Quattro. I'm going to try to shave more than once every 2 weeks so I can get the technique down & actually maybe enjoy shaving.

2nd: My loving wife picked up a blade from an antique shop today. Its in decent shape but its a brand i've never seen & cannot find it anywhere in the Wiki or in other posts here. I'm probably not going to shave with it but would like to know a little more about it. It is XXX Brand, has red celluloid scales and is stamped Solingen Germany on the back end. I tried to search for it and you can guess what came up when I put in XXX brand. Any help is appreciated.