Im absolutely disappointed with the results of straight razor shaving. I have 2 straight razors honed by a hone meister and they pass the HHT and arm hair test. All steps as prescribed have been undertaken, hot water towel, shaving soap, brush, shaving angles, and have spent upwards of 1 hour each on shaving but the results remain extremely poor and unacceptable
I know im going to get a lot of flak on this but Im getting much better results from my gillete. It is giving me much more close shave and my face feels smooth, whereas with my straight razor there are lot of stubbles and it feels rough like a 5'o clock.

I have invested considerable time, money and resources on this and would very much like to see atleast some results and ready to do whatever it takes. I feel like almost giving up and packing up my rig for good and stick to my gilletes.

My question is can a straight razor offer a close shave as a gillete? Is there something that Iam missing or am I expecting too much?