Well, thats my first week of using a Straight.

And whaddya know, it gets better

I followed the advice of Iwan in my earlier thread, where he said take one pass with my existing razor, then a pass with the straight. At first I thought this was cheating a bit, but I found:

1. It gets me use to handling the razor - at first I looked like I was swordfencing with the invisible man, as I was waving the thing all over the place to get the angle on my face right.

2. It gets me used to the contours of my face - a cartridge razor sure makes you lazy in this regard.

3. It gives me the closest shaves yet - the sides of my face are glass-like smooth.

I shall give it another week with this routine, then start using two passes with the straight on the 'easy' parts of my face.

I'm still waiting for my DVD to arrive from Lynn, so that should give me even more instruction!