Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
There are many ways to embark on straight shaving. I honed the first straight I ever shaved with. I got some help at first from a Mentor here, learned a lot about dullness before I got sharpness down, but it worked fine for me.
lol.

It is not impossible, but the recommended progression is really sensible. People that already familiar with sharpening something else, knives, swords, chisel etc (like me) will take it with a grain of salt, endure a few expected bad rounds, figure out the little nuances to honing a straight (using proper research, recognizing that while the principle is the same, the techniques will differ) and be on their way.