Having bought my first straight razor 6 months ago, I recently got my first truely TRUELY nick-free shave with it. And this morning I had an almost truely nick-free shave with a different razor. It would have been nick-free if I hadn't been nitpicking about the right half of my upper lip.

Made me wonder: how long until your first nick-free shave? Or describe in any way how long it took you to develop your technique and what really helped you on your way. I find that I have to focus real hard on keeping a light touch and moving my razor along my face and not slightly pushing it into my skin as I did with the Gilettes.