Huge ax, tiny Travel Tech, it still comes down to this - technique, and the time it takes to perfect it. And for what it's worth, I will not be spending any time soon trying to perfect my ax shaving!
Think of how long it took him to get that ax shave ready.....there is your technique challenge right there!
I think with ax shaving it's really important not to over think..cuz if you did you wouldn't be ax shaving..