Quote Originally Posted by sheajohnw View Post
I use one of my DEs to cleanup after each SR shave. I want to get the smoothest longest lasting shave possible since I shave at night and find that I get a smoother longer lasting shave on most of my face by using the SR before the DE rather than the DE alone. The DE allows me to complete my shave as close as possible everywhere on my face.

If I could take almost an hour to shave in the morning before work, the shave that I get from using only the SR would be good enough. I would like my SR shaving, stropping, and honing skills to improve enough some day that I will no longer be able to improve the shave I am getting from my SRs by using a DE for cleanup.

Using the DE for cleanup takes away any concerns about the final quality of the SR shave while learning SR use because the shave end result will always turn out acceptable for work with the backup of the DE.
I can't agree with you more, that is why I use my DE- to get the closest shave possible!