So i go get my first straight razor shave from a barber because I wanted to see what I was getting into here. He was using personna disposable blades. I told him I had a pretty thick beard to start with. He said I'm sure it'll be fine. The first pass down the cheek he said wow you weren't kidding. Long story short, the shave was patchy and not very close. It was pretty uncomfortable and the barber had to switch to a new blade just to finish. At the end he said the only other guy I have shaved with a thicker beard wouldn't let me finish because it hurt to bad.
So I have recently gotten my razor back from being honed by Sham over at razor and stone. He did a good job but I'm not sure it's worth continuing to try. The barber did pretty good prep from what I could tell. But I am just not sure if the straight razor thing is gonna work. Any thoughts?