Thread: Getting to know my face

It's amazing that I've had this same face all these years and not noticed all of its peculiarities. This morning was my second str8 shave and overall things went great. I did a first & second WTG pass on my cheeks and noticed that there was still some fine stubble in the middle of my cheeks. That's when noticed that there are subtle "hollow" spots in the middle of my cheeks, presumably due my American Indian ancestry gracing me with high cheekbones and a thin face. I realized that getting these areas with WTG might be difficult, so I tried XTG between the corners of my mouth and the cheekbones. This seemed to do the trick.

As my cheeks are thin, there is not a gentle curve between them and my sideburns, requiring me to shave these as separate surfaces. This means that when shaving my upper sideburns, I'm only using the 1" or so of the point of the blade. This does not seem to be a problem on my dominant side. However, it is going to require continual experimentation on my non-dominant left side to avoid nicks (got a tiny one this morning - didn't feel it but wife saw the tiny drop of blood). I have to keep the tang end of the blade far off of my cheek to enable me to keep the point end of the blade on my sideburns. Suggestions?

I'm also struggling a little with eye glasses issues. While shaving my neck, the glasses are not in the way and definitely make it easier to tell what I'm doing. However, while doing my sideburns the glasses are definitely an issue. Trying to angle my head so I can see out of the glasses to see the area I'm shaving is difficult. Just the time I think I have the angle right so I can see, when I pull my skin taunt, I manage to move the arms of the glasses and everything goes out of focus. Arrgh! My inclination is to ditch the glasses while doing my face and put them on while doing my neck. One slight problem there - my vision is pretty poor without them. I read somewhere on SRP about practicing with a butter knife without a mirror, just to develop muscle memory. Should I do this and embrace not seeing every whisker being cut by the blade? Short of LASIK does anyone have any suggestions? Fellow glasses-wearer feel free to weigh in...

The lower sideburns are more confluent with my cheek, enabling me to use almost the entire edge of the blade - no problems there.

Most of my hair growth on my neck is between the point of my chin and my Adam's apple. After the second WTG pass, I braved a ATG pass using a feather-light touch. WOW - talk about BBS results! A safety has never done so good on that area.

I love the "butter knife on toast" sound the str8 on whiskers creates!

I had a few lather issues this morning, again centering around trying to improvise to keep my nickel bowl warm. I need to take it into the kitchen and try finding the perfect cup/bowl for it to fit into.

I know I'm only 2 days in, but I'm hooked! Why didn't I discover str8 razor shaving earlier???? All those wasted years