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This is totally true. When you get too flat it almost feels like a suction onto your face. Not sure how to explain it better than that.

The only thing I have found to work well for under the nose (upper lip, in general):

1. keen edge. If your blade is not well honed you will feel it here.

2. stretch the skin. One way is to draw...

OK I feel a little vindicated then lol.

I remember the first few months of straight shaving and I was using a shavette. At some point I tried using a perpendicular approach. Not sure if I saw it...

OK I have to get something off my chest. Every time I see someone shaving on YouTube I notice the wide angle of the blade against the skin. The blade is closer to perpendicular to the skin than...