Thread: How many neck passes?

Originally Posted by Obie

The best tip I can give you is this: Embrace the whole ritual of wet shaving with the straight razor and don't put a heavy emphasis on BBS, especially on the neck, if yours is as difficult as mine.

Wise counsel, as always, Obie!

Originally Posted by LarryP

Wise counsel, as always, Obie!

Hello, Larry:

Bless your heart for the kind words. Thanks.

Your friend,
Obie

I shall try some of the suggestions given here, and I'll let you know how it goes. I'll also mention that I re-wet and re-lather my face after each pass. I have a scuttle from George Town pottery that I keep on a candle warmer so at least I have nice hot lather.

I used to really enjoy the SR shave, even though it took 20-30 minutes. I think my frustration lately has been from feeling that I have reached a plateau and that my shaves won't get any better. I hope that they will.

I pretty much duplicate what you do.

30 minutes.

4 passes

BBS on all areas.

Stubear's comments on scything and toe leading are right on mark. For sideways neck growth under the jaw, I would never be able to get these areas without it.

Obie also is giving you sage-like advice. Who cares if it takes 30 minutes? I have to admit that when the shave is over, it is a little like finishing a good book. I wish it hadn't ended. I treat each shave as unique, building upon the foundation from all previous shaves.

Now, one more suggestion. Based on some advice I was given by Jeremy (ShavedZombie), I strop 20-30 strokes before the ATG. Think about it. The hardest pass with the need for the sharpest edge is the last one we do. I have read that a man's whisker can have the tensile strength of a piece of copper wire of the same diameter. If that is true, we are beating the hell out of the edge in the first 3 passes, then use the edge to make the hardest pass. So give that a try, I have really noticed a difference in my ATG pass.

Good Luck to you.

David

IME I shave for about a month now, manage to get 3 passes in 30 minute or so and yeah it's BBS...somehow I don't like to finish it faster....

anyway, about the neck, hell that area really annoy me when I start straight, but I'm pretty much managed to have BBS in that area (recently in the last 2 weeks) what I did is to have WTG first then ATG, I do stretch when I did ATG but I move my finger with my blade, so it's might like I just stretch small area then move to the next area when the blade is done...however one thing that I notice is that you don't overstretch, just like how the blade touch ur skin, you only need to touch the skin lightly with 2-3 fingers or so, and make sure the stretched area is quite flat or anyhow ease the blade movement.

in my case I use shorter blade ~2", normal length of blade didn't feel right for me, anyhow I also fond of spike point since I believe that's the only point that works best in difficult area, but my 2" MAB is in oblique point and I can tell you it even better for me.

just my 2 cent

Erick