Had my first shave with a straight this morning. It went much better then i expected to be completely honest.
I bought a starter kit from ken (DA + strop + brush).
Started with the stropping, im not new to stropping at all, though stropping a straight razor is a whole different story considering how delicate the edge is. Gave the razor 20 slow methodical passes, being careful not to pick it up, and making sure i rolled it the correct direction.
3 hot towel treatments and some lather later i started with my cheeks. Cheeks went really well, took all of one stroke to figure out what kind of angle was needed to actually remove hair, no big deal. After the cheeks i felt brave and slowly worked over my chin, and on to my neck. It was a fun experience.
1 WTG and 1 XTG pass and i decided to give ATG a shot, started the first stroke and lost a little nerve. I decided to save that for another day.
I was actually rather impressed with the fact that i didnt cut myself at all!!!! The shave was very comfortable, though not all that close considering i didnt go ATG.
It was a fun experience, one that i can definatly see doing all the time. No cuts, no razor burn.....success!