I also heard recently that the closeness of a shave in general may be affected by the direction in which the skin is pulled tight. For instance on the cheeks the hair almost uniformly grows down the face. So if I pull the skin taught down the ways the hair is pulled closer to the skin, making it harder to get a close shave. Conversely, if you pull the skin up the way the hairs stand up more making it easier to get a close shave. Does this make sense?

The long and short is that on the chin hair grows pretty much in all directions. To get a close shave you will need to spend some time each shave taking it from each angle. Its just a fact.

As a side note, hair on the neck usually has a parting in the same way the hair on your head does. For that reason a uniform direction of shave on the neck rarely produces a uniformly smooth shave on the neck. Take some time to discover where the parting is. Give your neck a day or two's growth and feel it. It will be smoother when you push it one way than the other way. The smoothest way is the direction your hair is growing.

I think i'm right on saying this, arent I Mr Abrams?