First SR shave and I'm hooked

My Ralf Aust from SRD showed up today, so off to the shave den I went! I broke out my trusty Semogue 830, loaded it up with some Meissner Tremonia, whipped up some nice thick suds....and shaved one cheek. It was really tough to stop there, but I occasionally recognize wisdom when it is presented to me, and having read numerous posts designed for SR newbies I see the advantage of starting slow. I finished up with my Merkur HD and was left strangely fulfilled while also wanting more.
There really is something inherently amazing about running a straight razor over your face. I've read about it more than enough but there is nothing like first-hand experience. Challenging, exciting, and a little scary. I'm looking forward to waking up tomorrow just so I can go for round two.
I also noticed that the dynamics of the blade against my skin are completely different from a DE. I expected that to a certain extent but was still surprised by how much different it was. It changed how I look at the soaps I use as well, since Meissner Tremonia, which gives me no trouble with my DE, seemed lacking in slickness with a straight. I only have one soap from Obie's first tier and will be using D.R. Harris Arlington tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to going through my entire current rotation with this little beauty.
Thanks to all of you for participating in this fantastic online resource. I've had a blast using it to educate myself and am looking forward to learning more.

Good for you. As your confidence grows you will be covering more of your face and doing three pass shaves. After that it's a down hill spiral with the aquisition disorders. First it's more razors, then soaps, strops, more razors, brushes, more razors, mugs, aftershaves, colognes, did I mention more razors? Soon you will need a walk in closet to hold the stuff.

From another newbie on here I have been SRS for just under 3 months finally got a professionally honed blade just 2 weeks ago. This is a great site. If you haven't gotten Lynn Abrams DVD I recommend it.

I am a convert also. Now I shave 95% with my straights. The best quality video is GeoFatBoy on YouTube. I watched his videos so many times until it sank in the right way. Geo is tops when it comes to shaving technique. Lynn's video for beginners is pretty good also. You will appreciate the term "Art of Shaving".

con grats! there are some members in you area that i'm sure would be able to offer some one on one if you should need it. welcome to the forum.