Quote Originally Posted by Iwan
***Update***

A bit of an update. I've had some pretty good shaves over the last 4 or 5 days, I do 2 passes and get almost BBS, usually with no new cuts and no razor burn - overall I'm very happy.

Only problem, I have a few cuts on my left cheek from over a week ago which haven't healed yet - so I decided I'd use my Merker Slantbar for few days to let them heal up. I keep re-opening them with the straight and so they're taking longer than usual to heal.

So, I used my Slantbar fitted with a Feather blade this morning, and did my usual two passes in the same way I'd use for my straight, including all the same skin stretching.

It's the first time I've been happy to get a disappointing shave! I did my two passes, and I can feel noticably more stubble than if I'd used my straight. Particularly my cheeks and my neck are still a little rough, I think if I did a 3rd pass I'd be getting close to my results with a straight.

So I can safely say, I can now get a noticably better shave with a straight than I can with a DE - at last!

This has filled me with confidence , I'm really happy I decided to start using straights. When my cuts have healed up completely I'll probably sell off the DE razor and just use straights exclusively.

Thanks again to everyone for all the advice so far.
That's the way to go. I threw my mock3 out almost 2 years ago and have never looked back. Enjoy.