Originally Posted by
Utopian
I finally got around to reading this thread and I will share something that used to help me long ago when I was less adept with my straights.
For the chin, with all of its curves, I found that I got much better control by shaving the chin primarily with the heel end of the blade. Shortening up on the blade ended up reducing the torque on the blade during the shaving stroke because the contact point is closer to the fulcrum of the lever, which in this case is where your hand is holding the tang.
I no longer do this sort of choking up on the blade, but I did find it helpful years ago. I actually forgot that I used to do this until I read this thread.