Thank you for the welcome. Patience for me differs according to specific things. For example, I couldn't hold myself from buying a hone simply because I had the money and didn't want it to go away on something else. BUT I won't be using that hone any time soon unless I can get a hold of a cheap razor, I might go with the unrecommended razors on SRP to start learning on. After all, I don't want to mess up a lovely blade.
Shaves are becoming better, more comfortable when it comes to WTG and XTG which is what I tried the first time. So better in that matter but I still have problems with ATG at the moment. At this point, I still feel the razor burns after the shave but I get less skin irritation than before and the next day it feels better and better. We'll see in the future if I keep going ATG or if I stop, after all I had to ditch the ATG when it came to DEs and Shavettes because my skin couldn't hold it. Well, we'll see I guess.