Nice one. I've just started too. Had about five shaves so far, the last one was good for two days. I followed some advice I read - shower first, get face wet and warm, maybe use a little Johnsons baby oil (UK cream for babies bums) before shaving, leave lather on face for a few minutes, strop the razor as best your able (hopefuly the razor has been honed shave sharp!), let the blade shave you and don't push it....much!
I have to say I'm really enjoying it. I am worried about developing RAD due to the high standard of some beautiful custom razors coming out of the US (and one chap in Italy) I have seen on this site.