A mistake tightening a hinge pin ( cracked scale)caused me to try shaving under my chin with straight scale. The results were grabby WTG even after meny laps on the strop. So I tried scale open 90 degrees from closed on another razor and it was as smooth as I could hope for WTG.

Do others use the scale so gravity pulls the edge away from skin? For example a barber shaving someone lying down with the scale open 270.

Thanks
Matt