Thread: Help With My Chin

Originally Posted by jpm7676

-Really stretch the skin. Curl your bottom lip up, stick your chin out, and
put your index finger and thumb on opposite sides of your chin and stretch
toward your ears.

Emphasis mine.
Thanks jpm,
This might help me out, i've got the same issues!

Originally Posted by wdwrx

i've got the same issues!

Please post here what you try and the results. If I can fix this and learn some patience, I'll be a real live straight razor shaver.

--David

You've got a lot of good advice so far, Dave. What I've been doing for my chin is trying lots of different ways to stretch the skin, lots of different strokes and angles with my blade. Some of the combinations make for a very "sweet" spot. Instead of trying to remember the "best" combinations, I'm just letting my brain work on the muscle memory so I won't have to think about it.

Just keep telling yourself "This is something I can do."
Namaste,
Morty -_-

Originally Posted by Morty

You've got a lot of good advice so far, Dave. What I've been doing for my chin is trying lots of different ways to stretch the skin, lots of different strokes and angles with my blade. Some of the combinations make for a very "sweet" spot. Instead of trying to remember the "best" combinations, I'm just letting my brain work on the muscle memory so I won't have to think about it.

Just keep telling yourself "This is something I can do."
Namaste,
Morty -_-

Muscle memory is huge . practice practice practice. I have just recently started to do more work with my off-hand. Like a baseball player that takes a few practice swings with his bat before the pitch, I do the same with my razor. When I use my off hand, I'll mimic the motion of the stroke Im going to do above the skin first 2-3 times.Then Ill put the blade on the skin and continue. This will help your muscle momory. As you get better your hand will just do what its suppose to.

Heres another tip that has worked for me. When you look at the contours of your face you need to break those contours down and imagine them as smaller flat planes and then shave those flat planes accordingly, dont be afraid to adjust your angles and strokes and stretch the skin, make some faces if you have to and have fun with it. Just don't crack up laughing at yourself while the blade is on the skin.

Kelly I've seen your face. Don't worry, making strange faces won't matter. I have trouble with my chin too. Many angles. Especially around the lips.
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i too have a lot of trouble with the chin, its been a real pain in the butt trying to do it. no smooth strokes at all. its really diifcult but ill try these tips out that everyones been posting.

Originally Posted by MODINE

Kelly I've seen your face. Don't worry, making strange faces won't matter. I have trouble with my chin too. Many angles. Especially around the lips.
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OH! You have so much room to talk! BTW My avatar is better than yours!:P

HAH, Yes, I know. That Missouri Jumping Mule has a 360 degree kill range, once they shake loose. Flex those face muscles when shaving, nice and tight. Sometimes I even use some paper towel wrapped around my off hand to tighten the skin even more. So there.

Thanks for all of the great advice here. My first few shaves were almost too easy and once I declared my chin off-limits, it was great. But Sunday was...uh...not great.

I didn't realize how badly I had cut my chin until I mowed the yard. The sweat was like fire. I gave my face a day off from the straight razor and used the Fusion today. I shave in the shower and get a decent result, but my face doesn't feel as good afterward. Well, parts of it anyway.

I hadn't thought about "ghosting" a few strokes. I'll give that a try. Party of the problem with this is it's not like golf. Once you screw up you can't just tee up another chin and try again applying what you just learned. In my case, I have to wait at least 24 hours before whacking at it again.

Some of the videos on YouTube make it look like guys are using the back of the blade. They are soooo smooth it looks like they aren't really doing anything.

I also think maybe I'm using a bit too much pressure, too. Too little at first, too much now. I need to find a balance.

It's interesting that out of seven shaves, the worst two have been with two days' growth.

--David