I've been using DE and SE razors for a while, now, and really enjoy traditional wet shaving. I'd been thinking about getting a straight, when a friend of mine who owns a knife shop told me he had taken a straight in on trade and wondered if I was interested. Well, it was a Thiers Issard from AoS with bovine scales. Still new in the box with a price tag of $260 and he offered it to me for $100. So, now I have a straight but still need to get a strop and then I'll go for it. I'm hoping to learn a lot here about technique before I hold that blade to my neck!