Hello everyone. Today I managed my first three pass shave with a new Dovo. About a year ago I switched from cartiges to DE shaving. Recently I bought a straight to give that a try. I followed some advice and slowly got used to using it by doing one sideburn and slowly expanding to more of the face. How was it? Not exactly perfect. I still have a lot to learn but I was able to complete three passes resulting I a shave that I would have been completely satisfied with a year ago. I cleaned up the remaining rough spots with my DE for the BBS shave we all look for. Not surprisingly, my biggest problem was against the grain. My beard grows hard to the right on my neck and I had not yet found a comfortable grip that I could use against the grain there. I'll get there. For now I'll thank DR Harris and Simpsons for the quality prep that aided my first attempt. My first few DE shaves werent perfect either. Patience. Now if I can teach myself to stop nicking my strop. I may be ont the road to success.