I wear a beard, so I am learning to shaving with a straight on my head. For those interested, I've found that Shaving my head with a DE on the first 1 or 2 passes has made learning the "muscle memory" of straight shaving much easier and has kept me from slicing my ears off while learning.

I found on my first shave that if I tried shaving with the straight right away, the coarseness of my head stubble caused the blade to "stick" or "jump". This was pretty scary, especially around the ears.

By shaving a pass or two with the DE, I'm learning how to manuever the straight around my head. Once I'm really comfortable with that and the blade feels steady in each of my hands, I'll stop using the DE and start shaving solely with my straight.

I've also found that shaving my head destroys my razor's edge. I've read around here that using a near wedge or half hallow as opposed to a quarter or full hollow helps this on the head.... I'll have to do some shopping and let you know.

Great video by the way. I've been waiting to see how someone else shaves their head!