Welcome! I too went from DE to straight. Good advise from others on technique. You'll find the longer blade is hard to do passes in all the directions you may have done with a DE. Also, pressure is much lighter than a DE as well. Angle lower too. That's what I noticed.

I bought my first from SRD, and then my second (my favorite so far, out of four straights I own) I got from the classifieds. Very happy with buying from there, and saved money as well.

The journey begins...