This past weekend was my 4th and 5th time shaving with the straight. My Saturday shave was so encouraging that I just had to shave again on Sunday -- and I never, ever shave two days in a row (yet).

I'm becoming more comfortable working with the mirror, (the nuances of doing everything opposite because of the mirror caused most of the cuts on my first couple of shaves), as well as figuring out the best viewing angles to shave without my arm or the blade obstructing my view. I'm also developing a routine with my shaving, which I feel is very important to have, although it's still evolving as my experience grows.

I'm 110% left handed. As a result, the left side of my face looks and feels great. But shaving with my right hand, on my right side of the face, stills feels a little awkward. All of my cuts are on the right side of my face.

I'm having trouble shaving my jaw line, my chin & around the lips, as well as that concave between the laryngeal prominence and the sternomastoid (basically, around the adam's apple). And forget about going ATG -- I tried that on Sunday on the side of my face and I was feeling tugging, dragging and pulling that would've surely cut me open had I forced the issue.

I'm now up to 5 shaves with the straight. It was professionally honed when I received it from Classic Shaving, and so far I've only stropped it on leather. I do have a linen strop though. Is it time to give the razor a few passes on the linen? And what about stopping with pastes, at about what point should I get another strop to apply the paste on? Now? 10 more shaves? 20?

Thank you everybody for your assistance and support.