I've had a couple of really good shaves with my razor since it reached me a month ago or so, and a many mediocre shaves. I don't think my blade is quite sharp enough yet but I plan to get a pasted strop soon to address that issue.

I mention this because a couple of weeks ago I decided to attempt shaving against the grain on the second pass. In the past, I have occasionally done so with a mach 3 which invariably resulted in bad razor burn and ingrown hairs. This attempt was not very different - despite having shaved my beard down pretty close, I was finding that the blade was biting into the remaining hair really hard and almost causing the blade to 'skip', regardless of how lightly and evenly i attempted to apply pressure.

I gave up after doing my cheeks, but I am wondering whether this will always be the case when trying to shave against the grain, or whether this is just a symptom of a not-yet-sharp-enough razor.

Does anyone here finish their shave with a pass against the grain?