WOW! What a difference. I'm in love with this. I'm mainly gonna use my straight razors, but this is a wonderful backup.
I ended going with a merkur classic. The only thing that's troubling is that it cuts so well and efficiently that its hard to tell if its cutting or just moving across my face without the blade touching. It doesn't make as much sound while cutting as my straights.
I think I got a little razor burn on my cheek, but that's partly due to thinking that the blade was not touching my skin and tilting it at too much of an angle. Its also odd doing shorter strokes since I can get a little more stroke length with each pass on my dovo.
So here's my question. I can do ATG with my straight and get BBS without any irritation or problems. Would you recommend only doing WTG shaves with my DE for a couple weeks like the wiki recommends doing for first time straight razor users?