Ok, so after spending much time considering why my shaves were not as I wanted, I decided to not shave every other day, to see what the effect was on the quality of the shave.
It's strange, when my face has a rest for a day, the shave afterwards is perfect. Now I don't know why this is, maybe it is that the longer hairs stand up more and are easier to cut? These shaves are also the only ones that I can do with absolutely no razor burn.
Unfortunately my beard is quite aggressive and by the second morning it is fairly unacceptable for work, and also I enjoy shaving so much that I don't want to miss out on half my shaving opportunities!
Anybody else find that this happens to them?
Oh I would do anything to have a shave this close and comfortable every day!
Nick