Exclusive straight shaver here. I made up my mind from the very first shave that THIS was the only way to go. If I couldn't get it super smooth, oh well! Guess I need to deal with it because I wasn't going to shave with anything else!

That kind of attitude (for me at least) forced me to take my time and really concentrate on what I was doing, because I wasn't going to use anything else to clean up any missing spots!

In the beginning, when razor burn was bad, it forced me to go more days in between shaves to heal, but that also made me want to read up and pay attention for my next shave so I wouldn't repeat the same mistakes. Now I shave roughly every 2 days. I used to go longer in between shaves with my disposable, but I go through withdrawals now when I wait that long now!