It takes time and patience, Don't expect perfect shaves right out of the box, it took me a few weeks before I got even close to acceptable shave that I could go to work with. The first few weeks I would do my 3 passes then re-shave with my DE so that it was presentable for work.

Even now, I still can't get BBS on my neck but I'm working on it. It is starting to come together tho, not sure how long it will take you, but from what I understand many seem to say 100 shaves is where it really starts to come together (Some more some less)

Good choice on blade, I got a 4/8 whipped dog special as my first, followed by a 5/8 Theirs Issard that is being honed by Lynn and a 6/8 Dovo Best Quality from SRD....

Welcome to the addiction