I have been at the straight shave for about a week now and really enjoying the closeness of the shave! Have finely figured out my chin and lip areas. I did realize that getting over confiednt in your shaving technique can be dangerous...left myself with a nice 1/8 slice on my upper lip when I changed planes and didn't quite get my razor right. Good thing my stiptic pencil was working!

My question is two fold:

1) I notice myself using different portions of the blade as I shave different areas of my face, using the point around my lip and chin and back of my jaw line. Is this appropriate technique?

2) When I was shaving with a Mach III I had a stroke that went down my jaw line from my ear to my chin and a stroke in the same direction in the hollow of my neck. I just can't quite figure out how to get at those two areas of my face.

Any help is greatly appreciated.