Hey gents! I've been shaving with a DE for a few months now and decided to get a straight. Bought one from Larry at whippeddog.com and started learning how to use it for the last month. Last night I did my first 95% shave. I shaved all of my face, with 3 passes, using the straight. I used a DE for the last pass to grab the areas I still haven't figured out.

I totally butchered my face, but it could have been much worse and I had fun doing it, so I'm totally going to keep trying. Next up will be buying a strop. I'm either getting Larry's short strop or The Filly offered by RupRazor.com. We shall see!

Thanks for the awesome guides and wiki. This place is bursting with info without even having to harass any of you! Anyway, I hang out at Badger and Blade a lot and frequent FountainPenNetwork as well.