Try shaving your chin............First.
It's common practice to use the traditional method of starting a shave with the cheek first. I've found that often, if my prep isn't as it should be (lack of time, dry winter air literally starts to dry my face in seconds, etc), if my razor isn't perfectly sharp (you get the idea) by the time I get to my chin whiskers, the blade at times just isn't up to the challenge. I've often stopped to re-strop for the upper lip and chin, but it's not ideal.
Recently, I decided to start with the upper lip and chin area first. I've found this to be much better and much less irritating. It's actually fun shaving my chin where before, I kind of dreaded it. I don't have to re-strop in mid shave anymore since my cheeks really don't seem to care if the razor isn't absolutely perfect; my chin does care, believe me, it cares:cry:.
Does anyone else do this? I figured "why am I saving the most difficult area for me to shave until the last rather than giving that area the razor at its sharpest? For me, it doesn't matter a lick that I'm not following the paint by numbers barber manual instruction in the sequence I use to shave my face.
Chris L