'Grats on making the move to a str8. That's saying first things first.
A note on shaving after you've gotten a few nicks, and I say this only 'cause to a noob (I'm only at 4/5 mo.), it's not always obvious. If you have nicks, you can't shave over them again & not expect more irritation of the nick - so you don't want to form an opinion about a blade's edge if you don't have clear skin to test it on. It would be a tragic judgement of a blade.