Like Rez my neck is rarely completely smooth at the end of the shave but looks fine. Learning how your hair grows will help a lot in figuring out how to attack it . About half my neck grows up instead of down and at about a 20-30 degree angle towards my chin. Makes it interesting. I partially ignore what I probably should do and shave my neck first down, then up and across towards the chin and finally down and across towards the ears.