Help with steel whiskers that grow against the skin
I need help with steel like whiskers that grow against the skin. What is happening is the razor mostly skims over the whiskers without a cut when WTG (or even a slight angle). If I go ATG, the razor just stops. Going faster or harder ATG just causes irritation.
I've attempted to remedy this by shaving smaller areas, but I'm still getting stumped. Raking and slamming the blade into the hair isn't helping either.
Advice? Techniques?
Or is this the end of the road for straight razor shaving for me?
The quality blade is professionally honed. My shaves are every morning, so the hair is not long. I take a hot shower before my shaves, and use a quality cream and brush. I typically shave with a slant safety razor that cuts easily.
Thanks,
Jake
Trying to get BBS neck shave.
Update:
It has been a week since I started.
I can get average shaves, but I'm still nicking myself. I cannot get BBS shaves.
I can shave up, down, and ATG on my cheeks and mouth area. I cannot completely shave ATG on my neck.
It is taking me about 30 minutes for a shave.
Had lots of nicks, but less towards the end of the week. I'm sure people at work are having questions about this, but haven't asked.
Still have a week old scar that I hope goes away.
Still find the blade and handles getting in the way. I think having a shorter blade wouldn't get in the way as much. But I'm learning how to shave either with the tip or the heel.
I'm having great difficulty getting a smooth shave around my neck. My hair grows from the laryngeal prominence to the outside. I don't have a flat neck area to make ATG passes from left to center, and the blade's length means I'm too deep on the tip/heel, or too shallow in the middle. I'm trying real hard to stretch that area out as flat as I can, and maybe I need to stretch even harder! I'm still working on this great and frustrating challenge.
Here are some videos I'm using to show me stretches and techniques. The last one describes my problem quite well around the neck area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsTnSfaB0Ss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI7-n5hB52k
Jake