I can just see it now; Just when my wife gives up hope and can't find me, someone arrives at my house and delivers my straight razor wrapped in a newspaper ad for the Fusion. A "Solingen" message :D
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So I did another shave tonight and the thing I focused on was keeping a lighter touch and a flatter angle on my chin and underchin area rather than getting a BBS shave. Good news, the shave was every bit as close as the others and the razor burn is greatly decreased. There is just a little bit of it but much less than the previous couple of shaves so I believe I'm on the right track by working on reducing the pressure I place on the blade.
The other thing I noticed is that after 2 passes (WTG and XTG), I could've almost stopped, it was that close. Certainly passable for daily work appearence.
Back to the laboratory in 2 days. :D