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  1. 06-21-2014, 06:08 AM #11
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    Personally, I feel the mustache is pretty straight forward ATG. I can't do ATG on the tip of my chin at all. It is always two passes XTG and I am done. I would grow a mustache if I could! My mustache is terrible looking; super whispy and no growth inbetween the cupids bow. Like I should buy a panel van and starting offering candy to random kids bad.
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    I do the fools pass (ATG on the upper lip) every shave,
    I find the heavier grinds do it easier than the full hollows for some reason,
    it may be the flatter angle the full hollows get than just grabs a bit more when holding them flat on the lip.
    But definitely must be sharp and the skin tight works best with any blade
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    Quote Originally Posted by mglindo View Post
    I recently watched a video of someone shaving with a straight razor. Can't remember who. I'm sure someone will chime in. When he got to the upper lip he did not go against the grain. He did say that going against the grain on the upper was called the "fools pass". You can probably guess why.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aa1192 View Post
    I generally use two hands and stretch my lip over my teeth....
    Leaving the third hand to hold the razor?
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    Quote Originally Posted by aa1192 View Post
    I meant to write this post forever ago but forgot. For the longest time I thought my razor and the honing I did was faulty. Every time it hit the mustache against the grain I would get this pulling and skipping feeling. Like the blade was bouncing across the area all the time. Eventually I gave up and start using my DE again. One day I realized my DE, even with a new feather blade, was giving a very similar feeling. Not the bouncing due to its weight, but the catching, pulling feeling. It was just less noticeable because a DE has more weight and less feedback than the straight. So if you are concerned your blade on the straight isn't up to snuff try the DE. If it's the same feeling in general it's your technique that's at fault not the blade. I found skin stretching, proper angle and good forward pressure helped fix my issue.
    "Forward pressure" I like this. Personally I think the angle of a DE's handle encourages forward pressure while minimizing the downward pressure into the face. Kind if like a lawn mower handle. Of course that just my in uneducated guess.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aa1192 View Post
    Like I should buy a panel van and starting offering candy to random kids bad.
    I feel ya. Cops, and these guys...
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    If i'm trying to really get the UL clean, I'll "overstretch" it with my tongue and use WTG/XTG very very lightly. Otherwise it's all WTG/XTG.
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    I used to have a problem with the upper lip area as well, especially when using a DE shavette I sliced my face to pieces. I'm using true SR's for about a year now and the lip area doesn't give me any trouble anymore. What I do is indeed stretching the skin realy light pressure and when the razor skips I pick it up, put it back a cm or so and go at it again, basicly using a lot of realy short and light strokes
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    I guess I'm lucky to get a BBS upper lip just doing one wtg an two xtg passes. I have far more trouble with my neck, even when I go atg. I rarely get BBS on my neck yet.

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