My first shave-ready razor arrived just today from Sham the mentor.
First I'd like to give many thanks to Sham for the tight and professional packaging together with some funny elements (green toothbrush case with the razor wrapped inside in a green napkin )

I prepared well for it and made sure to have a top quality lather this evening but being it my first shave, there were obviously many difficulties nonetheless. I experienced lots of pulling, both WTG and XTG, especially on my chin and moustache area even with extra patience to get the angles right.
I also found out that trying to shave XTG on the neck is practically impossible for me due to the length of the blade vs. the radius of the neck. I ended up doing strokes ATG and they went very well. I find it most difficult to do an inch-long strokes as stated in the Beginner's Wiki, but I'd say it was my excessive patience and thanks to repeating the mantra rules of razor shaving ( stop while experiencing pulling etc.) I ended up with only two tiny nicks