I have been straight shaving for a bit over a year now and absolutely love it. That being said I love all aspects of traditional wetshaving in general inclusive of DE's. I always use a DE to finish my shaves. I do two passes- one wtg and one atg- with my straight, and then do an xtg and touchup with my DE. I always get BBS this way and I look at it as having the best of both worlds at my fingertips!