I have been shaving with a couple of straight razors for a few weeks now, and I have to say that the learning curve is not as steep as I had expected. At first I did a hybrid shave—cheeks only, finishing off with a DE. But the last several days I have shaving only with a straight, one vintage wedge and one vintage with some degree of hollow grind. I could probably do two passes with the grain and get a bit closer shave, but one pass WTG isn’t bad. It might be that I benefit from years of DE shaving, so I have no problem applying too much pressure.