I have been on the road most of the week, and to save time and space, instead of a straight I took an old Gillette Red Tip Superspeed. Now, I'm very used to these DE's, so it came as no surprise that with 2 passes I was pretty much BBS. No stubble to be felt anywhere. This is smoother than I try for with a straight shave. Today, I was able to get back to using a straight and with my customary 1 1/2 passes I wasn't as smooth, but was happy with the shave. Now for the interesting part! 10 hrs. later, I'm quite a bit smoother than I was at this point in time with a DE shave that started out as a closer shave! How can that be? I had read before that a straight shave lasted longer, but I honestly thought that was a little bit of hype from prejudiced straight users. Maybe not? This is the first time since I started 3 mos. ago that I had an opportunity to make this comparison. Any opinions on how this is possible?

Thanks,

Gerald