I've been bitten by just about every sharp thing out there including paper and cardboard so don't feet bad at all. What I do to help reduce the tendency is just what someone else described... I place the blade between thumb and forefinger with the spine toward the web of my hand and with decent pinching pressure then starting from heel to toe slowly wipe out and bring the spine into the web of my hand. I make sure to purposely make contact spine of the razor to the webbing of my hand just for the purpose of avoiding cuts.
But, it's always when I think I'm doing well that something happens... I was shaving last night, almost done, and finishing up around my jawline under my earlobe at the same time kinda feeling with my other hand what a good job that one pass had done and thought to myself, "Man, I'm getting pretty good at this!", S L I C E... Opened a nice flap right in the crease of my neck... Would NOT stop bleeding... Styptic, toilet paper, direct pressure... Nothing worked... Finally left a large square of TP on there and it eventually dried like a bloody little potatoe chip... Took it off and the sucker started bleeding again! Not really painful but just a humble reminder. :)
Damn... Now I can't stop thinking about Eucalyptus Oil! Is that stuff more pure or cheaper in OZ? Probably not enough to offset s/h. Gonna have to diaper a Koala at the zoo and wait it out. ;)