I just finished giving my second attempt at shaving with the Krusius, I'm happy to tell you all that there was nearly no blood shed and it went a lot better. This time I did 100% of my face with the straight razor. A few things I did differently were; I rubbed my face a lot with a hot, wet facecloth, then I used very little water with the soap and applied the lather rubbing it in a lot. I only did a portion of my face at a time to keep it warm and flexy. Also I think last time I had the razor at too steep of an angle, and that is why it waas catching and cutting me so much. This time I held it so the spine was only a little bit off my skin and it seemed better. Not the greatest feeling shave, but I started with some serious razor burn from my electric razor this morning and also my skin was sore already from being pretty sunburnt today. I have to shave every day for work, last night I didn't get home from work til 11:00pm, so that is why I shaved this morning with the electric razor, usually I like to shave up nice the night before, that way I have less razor burn during the day.