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Hey, I did it to myself voluntarily for years. Yowch.

Josh

My experience was similar. I always shaved ATG with my Mach 3, and my face did adapt to some extent. But it was never comfortable--just somewhere between irritated and burned. :(

It also wasn't...

I have a bunch of DEs, but the one I'm using right now is a Gillette Superspeed, circa 1955. I have a Fatboy as well, and it's supposed to be a great razor, but I haven't tried it out yet.
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All this talk about the Mach 3 makes me consider hauling it out of cold storage in the basement and giving it a try.

I know that my shaves with it did improve as my prep improved, and I'll bet a...

I used the Mach 3 to clean up after my straight shaves early on. It did work better with better prep, but it also left my face really, really raw. :( I was setting myself back more with the M3 than I...

Every once in a while, a newbie posts a question along the lines of "why don't you just shave against the grain on the first pass?"

The discussions tend to focus on reducing the stubble, etc....