Quote Originally Posted by strtman View Post
Somewhere on this forum, not long ago, a member said that when he uses a Feather the first shave is a bit awkward. The second and third shaves are the best.

I get the feeling this might be the case too with a straight.
Indeed, it's true. After honing it usually takes a few shaves for an edge to "settle" before you'll get ultra comfortable shaves. It's the same reason why I hold off doing any additional honing when testing a freshly honed blade. If I feel it may require a little more work I'll give it at least a couple more shaves to see if the edge settles, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. Of course if it doesn't it's back to the hones.