I can shave my cheeks WTG with damn near a butter knife. When it gets to the sides of my chin, the knob of the chin, areas under the jaw line and hollows around my windpipe, the proof is in the putting (this is a pun, spelled correctly). My super good shave technique (not bragging, just the facts) can get me a shave with a sub par honing on a razor, but when I get to the aforementioned areas it is going to be evident that the razor ain't "there." With a good shave ready razor ...... to my standards ...... I will go through all of it like poop through a goose. :chapeau