I go with the grain, then across the grain on my face, and against the grain on my neck. Usually I go to BBS. If the blade is not sharp enough my neck does not get BBS. I usually use my barber hones a couple of times, then the Tony Miller Paddle 1.0 micron and 0.5 micron, then strop perpendicular to the strop, not using the x pattern. Sometimes I will re-strop and go against the grain on my face and then try across the grain on my neck. Usually the across the grain on my neck is not really across the grain but as across as I can do.

Jerry