Thread: Pride comes before a fall

So I don’t have to figure it out the hard way.

How should I deal with the sideways hair problem on my neck?

I tried to shave with the razor slicing as it moved down and that didn’t turn out well.

Then I tried holding the razor upright toward my chin and shaving sideways, don’t do that because I had some surprisingly red results.

There must be a trick to it that doesn’t involve a cartridge razor.

On a side note, I was touching up my moustache with my clippers and caught the skin between my nostrils so let it be known that I can even cut myself with an electric razor

Steve

You are only on your 8th shave for now so I would recommend just doing North/South passes for the moment. Get that figured out then you can try to get fancy.

Tilt your head and scything strokes can add to it but as you said in your original post take it slow.

Maybe not sympathy but empathy. I too find myself in this boat through overconfidence or, more often, impatience or complacency. But I have news for you. This will happen again and again. The other day I was moving the razor to the other side of my face and touched it. Then the bleeding started. Be forewarned: You mess with the bull you get the horns. We all do it.

I stay away from any fancy shaving techniques because as you have found they generally lead to grief. Just keep to the basics and practice stubble reduction over a number of passes. Going XTG on you face above the jawline is not too difficult but below the Jawline good luck with that. Maybe try shaving in a diagonal line without any slicing motion below the jawline as a compromise. No matter what type of blade point you use always be aware of what the blade tip is doing. You let that dig in a bit and you'll have a nice little slice.

Bob

Practice makes perfect, and it couldn't be more true when wielding a razor. 100 or so shaves and it all starts to come together.
Also giving your face a rest for two or three days is helpful to give it time to heal, and a bit more stubble to target.
When starting, my results got better by not chasing the perfect shave.

Your still at the first few shaves. You have a long way to go before its going to be a smooth comfortable shave most of the time. As said, at this point you just need to work on beard reduction and not worry about what is left over that you can feel with your hand. Knock it down and learn angle and preasure. And Stropping. Get 100 shaves in then think about trying something different. Even after you have done it for years you are still going to find a bad shave now and then and a cut once in a while.

Your talking about the hardest place to shave, for all of us.
Those crazy hollows under the jawline.!
Mine grows just like yours, and it took me a long time to figure out how to get to them. The technique, is customized to my face, and mine only. I call it a X pass.

From jawline below the ear, to base of the throat, then from base of neck below the ear to center of chin.

Its not a straight pass, its in small increments. A little heal,then some toe, working cautiously.

Its not for the novice, nor the unsteady handed.




It all in what works for you, for your type of beard.

Again....not for the novice.! Just an example of what works for me to achieve BBS.

Originally Posted by outback

Your talking about the hardest place to shave.
Those crazy hollows under the jawline.!
Mine grows just like yours, and it took me a long time to figure out how to get to them. The technique, is customized to my face, and mine only. I call it a X pass.

From jawline below the ear, to base of the throat, then from base of neck below the ear to center of chin.

Its not a straight pass, its in small increments. A little heal,then some toe, working cautiously.

Thanks Mike.

I have the same beard as you so luckily I didn’t have to learn to do my top lip or chin

Steve

Ashamed to admit it, but even after 6 years i still cut myself occasionally. It really hurts when my wife notices and says "did you cut yourself again?" (as if i do it every day).

Thanks for the reminder. Been there. Done that. Going back someday to do it again.