I must be really bored tonight because I have spent time watching videos of others shaving! The biggest difference from how I do it and most of the videos is the length of the stroke. For a bit of background I have "taught" myself my technique. No one showed me their way so I developed my own. I want to be efficient. For an example of my normal routine. I start with the blade from my nose to the corner of my mouth and do one stroke to my sideburn. I then go lower to my jawline and go from the corner of my mouth to under my sideburn and ear, turn and go down to my collar bone. Two strokes and since I have a mustache and goatee have about 20 percent of my shaving area covered in two strokes. I usually do two passes and for that I essentially do the reverse. I have trouble turning under my ear on the up stroke and usually turn that into two strokes to head towards the corner of my mouth. To each their own and that is what I have developed. 8 - 10 strokes, relather, opposite direction and I am done. Tonight I didn't need a shave but decided to try the shorter strokes. When I got done it wasn't any closer and my cheek burned. It usually doesn't. and I had a couple of weepers. The possible advantage I see to short strokes is the overlap so I was getting what I normally consider two to three passes in one. But that brings up the irritation factor. By lifting and restarting a stroke in what for lack of better term I think of in a "chopping" motion I was relaying the blade to my skin and possibly changing the angle that lead to possible mistakes and grabbing the skin risking nicks etc. I am not one to follow the pack but am interested in the fact that most do it differently than myself, [at least those that do videos!] What am I missing?

Tim