Thread: shaving sideway on the kneck

Hi everyone, this may be a silly question, but my kneck hair grows sideways (away from the adams apple as it were.) I have manged to get a few decent shaves shaving against the grain, but it always feel awkward holding the razor like that. Could anyone share there technique and grasp so I can try a few alternatives and see what works for me.

Cheers

Dan

If you have a short thick neck like I do, blade length may be some of your problem to get at a better angle. On days when I'm going to wear a dress shirt I have a shorter razor on hand to do touch up work after my regular three pass. Neck stubble is murder on my shirt collars. Hope this helps.

I have a fairly long kneck bit and the wide side but not much really, the blade fits fairly comfortably on the kneck area, I think I am just holding the razor uncomfortably. I sort of hold the razor toe down and tang up

toe down and tang up...that is a little hard for me to visualize going E-W on a neck, so it must by my anatomy. If I had one pesky area on the neck it was between the centerline and one half of the hollow below the jaw on both sides. I found that area requires the most stretch and multiple angles of attack. I have wanted to do a toe down and tang up on the right side of my jawline but I had too many arms in the way.

that sounds like me but i manaGE it

Rather than going directly ATG, try going at an angle, so that if your hair grows E-W, try going from NW-SE and SW-NE. It's much easier that way.

ill give that a go on my next shave

Dan,

I have the same problem as you on the neck: my beard grows toward the ears. After trying many directions, and improvising a range of moves, the only way I can shave the stubble is to twist my hand to hold the razor vertically and then shave horizontally toward the throat. Even then, I can't shave the neck perfectly. Then again, I prefer comfort over perfect.

I found using a DE works best for me on half of my neck - only for the ATG pass....

i have gone as far to try a siving pass (cant spell it)