It is possible that through less than ideal shaving and stropping technique that your edge has fallen away. If my lather is too dry it makes for a lesser shave experience as well, and not very close. My shaving angle changes with the part of my face and whether it is XTG, WTG or ATG. On my neck and underside of my jaw, with or against the grain, my angle tends to be quite flat. One of the older members used to say that between one and two thicknesses of the spine is the range for how much you should raise the spine above your skin. In the begining I spent a lot of time watching that gap.