Originally Posted by
LarryAndro
KLF sent me a private message, and we are conversing there. But, for anyone else reading this, my two bits in addition to what was said above is to shave a section of your face to short stubble with a safety razor and shave just that section with a straight razor. You are more likely to have problems of your own bad technique making early in the shave. By shaving with a safety razor to reduce the length of your whiskers you avoid a lot of potential for problems.
Of course, if it goes well, on subsequent shaves leave increasingly more whisker (after the safety beard reduction) for the straight razor.