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got it. So I've probably been trying to stretch the living hell out of my skin and doing multiple strokes on the first pass trying to get a once over shave and irritating my skin more than I ever...

so with the feather, instead of going against the grain on the neck, it is even more important to stay with the grain on the first pass. Would that be about right?

Now it is becoming clear. So you actually were shaving with the grain on the feather right? down on the upper portion of the neck and up (with the grain) where the grain changes directions?

you said you go against the grain on the neck on the first pass? that is bizarre! please explain further!

so what would you recommend with the feather? I realize that it is sharper and less forgiving and that I should use a lot less pressure and less angle but aside from that I figure most of the same...

I've been doing a little reading in the library section and came across a shaving chapter in a barber manual
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