After waiting what seemed like an eternity (and extreme frustration), the razor finally arrived. How did it shave? Great. I tried several settings and found just ever so slightly above 3 is perfect for me. Everything was even (blade alignment, adjustment settings, blade gap, etc). Just a very smooth, comfortable (when set on the right setting) shave. Maybe waiting so long had a silver-lining. Whatever issues were with the earlier versions, Rockwell seems to have them worked out. At least on my razor.