Thread: Just cecking in, saying hey and I have a question : )

I know when I started I used to dig in to the hollows. Something else you may be doing to avoid

Originally Posted by eddy79

I know when I started I used to dig in to the hollows. Something else you may be doing to avoid

With square points I find I have to use the heel of the razor to shave my hollows as the toe scratches and scrapes if used.

Is this what you are referring to?

It seems that the razor burn that I got when I started was from angle, pressure and also just my face needing to get used to the straight. Seems that I now can use to much angle or too much pressure and not get razor burn. Or perhaps, I am just aware when I do now.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

With square points I find I have to use the heel of the razor to shave my hollows as the toe scratches and scrapes if used.

Is this what you are referring to?

I mainly use round toe as I have deep hollows at the base of my neck and using a square tip is very slow as I need to use the tip as its a hollow in a curve.

I have a round point the cut I was referring to was going straight into my cheek by accident. I was mostly asking about razor burn on my neck. I appreciate the advice though.

Thanks very much for the information and advice, I tried less pressure and also made myself more conscience about the angle of attack and this last shave went way better. I found myself falling back to the same angle I used with my shavette so after closing that angle a bit and letting the razor work for me things went much smoother. Thanks again fellas : D

Often I think hair on the neck can lay at varying angles. Initially, a beginner may not recognise this and so resort to increasing the pressure to shave the area and this can cause razor burn.

Check the angle your hair grows at; you may need to go without shaving a few days to be able to see this.
You may need a second pass on the neck to get it really smooth due to the hollows, direction of hair (esp if it's growing across your neck). For the second pass weaken the lather with a little water. I think a buffing stroke works very well here; very short, light strokes repeated rapidly.