Wulff,

I did try your method out the first time I grew my beard out last year. Even though I didn't go right up to the jawline, I still felt like it came out too high and had to let it fill back in.

I think part of my problem has to do with the reversal of movement in the mirror. For some reason my mind has a hard time computing how and in what direction to move my hand while looking at a reflection of myself. Does that make sense?

Thanks for the advice though, Wullf. We will see how the correction turns out later tonight.