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Congrats, that is the way I started. Both the straight and the DE. Took me about 3 weeks to put the DE in the medicine cabinet and it hasn't been out since. Soon you'll be honing those to shave ready...

To pipe in on what Bill said I am really finding I like the way the shave feels more with the edge from the natural stones more then the synthetic. Depends on the razor though so you may as well get...

Don't you dare give up. I have learned one hell of a lot from reading your posts and I want to continue to do so. :bow

Read 'em again :) ... I still read them from time to time. Sometimes you absorb things as you progress that you wouldn't have noticed without a little more experience. Here is a link.

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. We all were in the same boat at the start. Reading the tutorials in the Wiki (they were forum posts then) and Lynn's and Heavydutysg's videos helped me sort it out...

Here is what Lynn Abrams said in a past post;

" The only test I rely on to determine whether a razor is shave ready is to SHAVE with the razor. It generally will let you know if not honed enough...

+1 on what Utopian said. In my early days of honing I got fine shaves out of razors that didn't pass the HHT. I can get them up to HHT now but if they pop arm hair I know they will shave. Take a new...