[QUOTE=Alpsman;402495]Welcome Edgeworks!
Alpsman, per your quote (partially extracted below), the hair didn't "hang" on the blade, it actually went over it without being cut. Perhaps I didn't apply enough force on the hair over the blade?

Second question: If I shave at night, will the closeness be sufficient to last the entire next day, without my getting a "5 o'clock shadow"? I'm usually in a professional business environment, and hate to say this, but my looks do matter as I'm in business development and a small business owner.

Thanks,
Mike

Per Alpsman:
"Few thoughts;
1) spend time on stropping techniques. If yoru blade "hangs" on a hair, it is not sharp enough. ...

... Shave at night - NOT before you have to go to work in the AM. ..."