Don't forget the 96-bladed vibrating handle straight-razor, equipped with strobe-lights and a flux-capacitor

Actually it's fairly simple to get a good SR shave, but check out the axioms in the Shaving forum. All you need are a decent razor, a good hone and a strop. However I do have a couple of tips for you:
1) Do not rush the job!!!!!!!!!!! That and shaving with a bad pakistani razor left me with a couple of permanent scars (nothing major, but still). Be slow, gentle and deliberate. If the blade won't shave with only light pressure on your face, it needs to go back to the hone.
2) Do not use shaving gels. They leave nasty residue on your blade that impedes your shave. We have a shaving soap discussion going, you may want to check it out.
3) Getting a really clean shave of the chin and under the jaw-line will be difficult to learn, especially if you have an angular face. It will require you a bit of time, an extra lathering, a few nicks (during the learning process) and a very sharp blade.