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Well.... for the sake of continuity, I'll follow up here.

I am still only shaving my cheeks with the straight, following up with a DE and Feather blade to complete the shave.
BUT :)
I have now...

The soap doesn't just come in a classy ceramic bowl. You should see the silk lined box it comes in! The sort of thing that you would set before a king for his morning shave. :dropjaw:

It isn't...

OK... better ;)

A new tool.
A superb razor kindly sent to me by Mikael, a Geneva Cutlery Co straight which he describes as a "shaver". Oh yes thankyouverymuch! It is, and it does. I still limited...

Sounds like incredibly good advice. Thanks!
If I think about it, I am pretty sure that the "stop" effect was due to angle of attack, and the weight of the blade pushing up a bump of skin in front of...

The only time I have ever felt the "complete stop" sensation is with a particularly aggressive veteran Gillette "New". So I suppose that "angle" has something to do with it.

Rod

OK... I am new here, and this is my first post.... and my second day trying with a straight.

Over 50 years of shaving under my belt and so I know what I am doing with prep, soaps, etc. But this...