For what it's worth, I was doing just fine in trying to learn straight shaving. Then I did the big mistake, I ordered a shave-ready razor from a honemiester! I cut myself a few times, but I'll never lose track of where the tip of the razor is anymore! :nono:
I've found that there is a learning curve with sharpening that parallels the learning curve with shaving. Bad things happen when those curves are not the same. :hmmm:
-Fred