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I find that the times I get most irritated by shaving are when I've applied too much pressure. Your job is just to glide the blade across your skin, not to scrape with it. The blade is sharp--let it do the cutting. Also, don't reuse blades for very long. I find I can only get maybe four or five shaves out of a blade before it starts gouging me.
I use the non-sex-toy version of the Mach 3. I don't know if the number of blades makes that much difference, but the pivoting head is really excellent. The head trails behind the handle sort of like a paintbrush head. Makes it much easier to get the right angle.
I get my best shave when I haven't shaved in a day or two. I shave in a hot shower. I lather up (using Colegate with Aloe shaving cream), and make one pass with the grain. Then I re-cream, if needed, and go again--against the grain on my face and across the grain on my neck.
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