Originally Posted by PapaBull
So I speak from my own experience and I can say unquivocably that a well-honed, well-stropped razor will shave close enough that you can't feel any roughness with your fingers going any direction against the grain without having to use a slashing motion that is much more likely to result in some blood loss. Heel leading, toe leading...... either way... a slicing motion is for slicing and is much more likely to draw blood than a push-cutting motion.
The good thing about learning to shave with a slashing motion is that you can get acceptable shaves without ever learning how to hone a razor particularly well. But you'll probably bleed more often, too. Slicing tends to cut skin pretty easily, which is something that I like to avoid while shaving.