I have been de shaving for at least 10 years. I find De shaving relaxing and quite enjoyable. I have been trying to use a feather artist club japanese straight and it has been nothing but a nightmare. I know I am new at this, but with my de I learned the feather blade was not for me a long time ago and moved on to the personna med prep. This is only my 5th shave or so with this razor and it just puts me in a foul mood for the rest of the day. I dont even cut myself when I am moving the razor. It is when all is going well and i rinse the blade then go to put it back on my face and slice. Just touching it to my face gives me a cit. No movement nothing. Then I have to wait several days for the cuts to heal and then same damn thing happens again. Maybe it is the feather blades as I really cant stand them in my de or maybe it is just me, but something has to change or I am going to throw the damn thing away as it ruins my whole day.