I definitely like the KISS approach for sure. I was initially WAY overcomplicating a lot of things and now I'm just going through my routine and paying more attention to how the shave goes and working it down to whether any detriment might have been a technique issue (most of the time) or a gear issue... I am changing razors every week to get as much exposure to different manufacturers as possible. I am just finishing with one blade I thought I'd really like but it shaved 'weird' on one side of the blade. It was my non-dominant side so I was leaning heavily to the 'technique' being an issue but I hadn't previously had trouble like that so I took it back on a Naniwa 12k, then through a stropping series and it improved slightly but the problem was still there. I'm going to read up/search a bit more on that but am guessing maybe need to go back and set the bevel/hone from scratch and see if that fixes it completely. I didn't do the original hone so not completely sure.

I am still using a Mach3 for my head as I'm just not good enough to get around the back... I've taken a few strokes up the front of my head without issue but the angle is weird and it just feels like a disaster waiting to happen. So, my routine is still about 20-30 minutes including all the setup/cleanup.

Interesting about the wrist... I will have to pay attention more to that my next shave. I know I do that a little more around/under the jaw but will be good to play with that on other areas.

I'm interested in all facets of people's individual techniques... I just watched a video unrelated to this site where a guy stated that if you are going to continue to use a cartridge razor then holding onto the 'end' of tha handle will help to improve your shave and decrease skin irritation tremendously. I'd never heard of that before but loved the simplicity of the advice.