For the past week and half I have looked into straight blade shaving, and I have to admit I am getting excited about it. As of now I hate shaving. I am of German, Polish, Scottosh, Spanish, and possible Jewish and Aztec decent so needless to say I have a full thick beard. Im 22 and my beard puts many men older than me to shame. I dont mean that in a mean way, its just the truth. But with that comes bad razor burn. I get it bad around the bottom of my neck where the edge of my beard line meets my neck with no hair. Along that line my hair grows in a bunch of different directions.

Will shaving with a straight blade help to avoid that burn? Ive watched a bunch of geofatguys videos on youtube and it looks like its a great shave, but Im still unsure.

Also, whats a good first blade. On SRD I was looking at the dovo natural, is that too much for a first time blade? And are there any shops in Houston, TX

Thanks,
Mike