Having just gotten my razor back from Lynn I tried again tonight with the best success yet.
I was able to get the with the grain pass and cross grain pass with no difficulty. I nicked myself with the against the grain pass right at the jawline but it wasn't too bad and it is the only one (still have to learn the best angle and to lighten up on the pressure).
I haven't been willing to try an against the grain on my upper lip yet so until I get comfortable holding the razor and get a better feel for just the right cutting angle for my face, I'm going to leave it at the with/cross grain passes on the sides of face and the with/against passes on the neck. I'll leave the ATG passes on the chin and upper lip for a while.
Razor burn was minimal and limited only to my neck which means I must have done more scraping than shaving (a pressure issue again, I presume).
I'm just going to take some of the tricker spots slowly until I get used to the angles, pressure, skin stretching and handle positions. I'm certainly learning more about my face now than I have in the past 36 years.