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Look into face prep as well. There are endless discussions here on what different people prefer. Here is a video of what got me into my search for the perfect shave! Hopefully it peaks your interest...

Tell them that when a razor is honed, steel is physically removed from the blade (think of a sword on a grindstone in skyrim or something)...sounds pretty clean to me lol
DOVOs are arguably one of...

No one seems to be jumping in here...lol the length of beard doesn't matter for a straight, from what I understand at least, like it would a disposable (mach3 or whatever). If anything, it is easier...

You need to be more concerned about it being "shave ready", meaning properly honed and stropped.
I'll let a senior member take over the mentoring from here!

Congrats on joining the straight razor...