Hello all, I have enjoyed reading much on this site. all of it has been extremely helpful in my decisions as I begin to enter the world of straight razor shaving. I have a couple of questions I am hoping to get clarity on.

first-- is it a must to use both hands while shaving? I am pretty nervous at using my non dominant hand.

second-- the razor I am going to purchase is a carbon steel. all i read on the two is the honing process in other threads. my question is do you get a better shave with one over the other.