Quote Originally Posted by mwnc252 View Post
My father always told me that " good things take a long time"and that you only get out of something,what you put into it!
I always go slow and smooth when shaving with a straight, if nothing more than to enjoy the shave itself.
Some sage advice

There really is no reason why shaving fast would improve technique, quite the opposite really. I would attribute the OP's results to luck rather than a revelation.