That is very interesting. I am also a beginner at straight razor shaving coming from the DE world and I started out with a Dovo Shavette. I cut myself to crap! I jumped over to a Boker (Thanks Lynn!) and had no problems at all. The Boker was far more forgiving than the shavette.. I would probably warn beginners off the shavette, but if you want to earn your scars early on...

The Shavette is best left to those who know what the hell they are doing!

Just my two cents!