After reading a mountain of information on straight razor shaving and reading the multiple replies to my introduction I thought "this can't be as difficult as everyone makes it out to be." I was wrong. Not that it is a bad thing to be wrong. I always say that admitting you are wrong makes you a fantastic learner (note that I only say that directly after discovering that I am wrong about something). I started with only the right side of my face as I was advised and the results were not fantastic. So I relathered and tried again with the same results, so I relathered and finished with my disposable. I pondered my less than satisfactory shave and realised after reading all the posts about bad shaves as the result of too steap an angle I may have been using too shallow an angle. So I tried again this morning with a steaper angle and SUCCESS! I am comletely addicted. I still have not moved on to my left side, but figure I have plenty of time and want to do this right. Thanks to all of you for your advice. This truly is a developed skill/artform wich I look forward to (over a lot of time) mastering. I'm sure as I move forward I will have many more questions, so thanks again in advance for all of your help.