Thread: Help With My Chin

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.

seems like a great idea to try just the chin because of the sharpness factor. also for my the lather and skin streaching because of the grip has been a real problem. This seems like a good experiment to try, will do this weekend and tell you how it goes for me. please update on your experience as well.

Well, I started with the chin today and noticed a little improvement. Not sure if that was due to the blade being fresh(er), my angle being much more shallow, the buffing technique or just overal improvment on my part.

Good news; bad news.

The good news: I shaved my chin without a single cut (maybe one weeper). I did a little buffing and tried to pay attention to the grain.

The bad news: I think I made six passes on my chin, and it's pretty raw and not very close. The blade just seems to hit these whiskers and stop. More pressure leads to cuts, or severe razor burn, and less leads to skipping and failure to trim the intended whiskers.

So, overall I guess that is improvement. I'm sure there is something I'm not doing right and it will come to me. This is just the start of the second week and first time I forced myself to do the whole chin.

Slow and steady wins the race.

--David

Hello, Rainyday:

If I may suggest, lay off the shave for a day or so to rest your face, especially the chin.

Also, even if some stubble remains on your chin, let it go and just keep honing your skills with the razor. For now, don't concentrate so much on getting a good shave; rather, get comfortable with the razor and learn to maneuver it to complement your stretching. Eventually a smooth chin will come your way.

Regards,
Obie

Hi Obie,

Thanks for the advice. I didn't see this until just now and shaved today. I did use the Fusion to do the last of the chin, but made a couple of passes at it anyway. Things are better. I still have a little irritation, but zero cuts. Made 2.5 passes today.

I may go back to the no-goatee area rule for a few days.

I'm a little concerned that my beginning technique on the strop may be showing up on the blade, but I don't think I've rolled it or anything. Just may not be 100%. It passes the HHT and shaved my wife's legs beautifully last night. But my beard is a whole other world compared to her legs.

The learning continues.

--David

Hello, David:

Keep practicing on the chin. Also, view as many videos as you can on shaving and stropping. Have patience and it'll come yours way.

Regards,
Obie