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I had the same experience w/M3s before I switched to full-time straights. You learn so much about your grain and why it matters, and that knowledge applies to almost anything you'd shave with.

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But not too much or it will give you pimples.

This is the best advice I've read since I joined here.

One mark of maturity is the gracious ability to accept imperfection. In straight shaving as in everything else, we mature as we proceed.