Good Morning Everyone. Not much time so I'll (try to) be brief...lol. The goal of BBS is a wee bit closer. Certainly the previously mentioned trouble spots still rear their ugly head but...getting closer the the "golden chalice" so to speak. I've noticed twice that when I'm first starting out the shave, I have gotten a bit hurried to start and guess what...a nice little cut. I generally start off WTG from the top of the cheekbone and proceed downward from there to the jawline. All it takes is a bump with the razor or starting move that is too quick at the wrong angle of approach...no slicing motion at all. I knew it immediately...didn't hurt but I felt it. Lesson here: start off even slower. To add insult to injury, it was with my right (dominanat) hand. I remember commenting on another thread about this very same topic. Seems that overconfidence with the dominant hand is a possibly valid phenomenon. Gotta ssssssssllllllllllllloooooooooooowwwwwww it down a nothc and remember to respect the blade. Stropping technique seems to be getting better incrementally too. Another thing that I've noticed that as the shaves get closer, the Bay Rum has correspondingly more sting... ...go figure huh...lol. Funny thing, one of the same guys that has commented before (the retired Army guy) came in and was wanting to talk and asked "is that thing sharp? ...I told him "sharp enough to shave with" and then proceeded to demostrate...WOW...seriously?!?! Then he starts asking about if I had a strop and all that. . Talk about "Clueless in Seattle" huh. Anyway...gotta run folks. Hope you have a great day that starts off with a gr8 str8 shave. Rich.