Brand new, haven't even lurked that long...
... but if I had been lurking a bit longer, maybe I wouldn't have made a small mistake.
I just received my DOVO shavette a few days ago thinking that it would be a decent litmus test to make sure I could at least handle the mechanics of drawing a blade across my skin. I've had the pre-shave prep fairly well handled for the last couple of years, using (what I now know to be overpriced) the Art of Shaving pre-shave oil, AoS shave cream with an AoS badger brush, etc, nearly immediately after a hot shower.
The good news -- I am able to handle it :) I accidentally dug into the front of my chin just once on my first shave, but I had a styptic pencil handy just in case which took care of it. Actually did just two with the grain passes. Other than that, I was pretty pleased with the quality of my shave. Didn't quite get so close around the area of the nick - I was a little gunshy after the nickThat was yesterday.
Today I got a nick on my cheek - still not sure how - but again the styptic pencil came to my rescue. But instead of a second with the grain pass, did an across the grain pass. (The nick came on the first pass.) Still, a fairly good shave all around.
However, I'm noticing that my face still feels a little rough (razor burn?) a good 6 hours after I'm done. My post-shave skin care is generally pretty good as well - warm water, cool water, optional alum block, optional balm, and always moisturizer.
For those of you who've successfully used a shavette, how often do you change the blade? I thought I saw a reference to going a week on a single blade, but I'm thinking the way my face feels is giving me the hint that perhaps a single shave is enough per blade?
Two other points of interest:
1) I jumped straight from a cartridge, for which my last shave was maybe Monday (April 2) or so. Maybe my face isn't ready for two shavette shaves in as many days? I've rarely been a regular shaver, and often had to "work up" to being able to shave every day if I found myself lapsing.
2) I've got a "real" straight on the way :)