I just have myself my first full straight razor shave that didn't need a go-over with a DE.
I've been learning the ancient and deadly art of the straight razor for a few weeks now. I just started doing the flat bits on the right side of my face. Each shave I went out and explored a bit further, eventually practising switching hands for the left side shave, trying to learn the contortions involved in skin stretching and how to get at all the tricky angled parts of my mug.
Each day getting a bit more shave out of the straight before running to the DE like a big hairy girl.
Today is the first day I shaved my whole face, two passes, and didn't need the tidy up DE pass. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/ima...ys/thumbup.gif
Was it a good shave? No. No it wasn't. I'm not BBS in some spots. There is a good ol' cut on my chin (still my hardest bit to master) and I have a bit of razor burn on my neck. But I am shaved, and I did it all with the straight. I'm starting to think this might actually be possible and you guys weren't just making the whole straight razor business up as a big elaborate practical joke on me.