I've started shaving against the grain recently which is really working for me. i'm getting a nice bbs shave where I am managing to find the angles easy to get at. in time i'll be able to get all of them. what i am noticing however is that although i don't cut or nick myself (the majority of the time) a residue of blood builds up with the hairs along the blade after i've done a stroke. is this normal? is it just dead skin i am scraping off??? thank you.