Thread: Shaving east-west and west-east - help please!

When I do the E-O and O-E I use this method.

After my N-S pass I do the E-O and O-E pass.

I do my face in two parts, the cheek part and the jaw line with neck.

For the cheek part I hold the razor straight not folded in my hand like a stick, the blade pointing up. So the razor is vertical. With my left hand I pull back on my ear and gently place the razor near it than I shave from my ear toward my nose. I usually do two passes one higher and one a bit lower to cover all of the cheek.

For the jaw line and neck I shift the razor upside down, the blade pointing down (vertically), my hand above my ear. I place the blade near the lower part of my ear on the jaw line (still pulling it backward) and shave toward my chin. This is where the beard is harder to shave BBS so I do it in little strokes. After an inch or so I let go of my ear and stretch my skin backward. Stretching is the key word here. It's the only way to get BBS, STRETCH that skin either doing N-S or S-N, E-O or O-E .


It works for me, hope it will work for you.

Here's a link YouTube - Straight Razor Shave