Thread: trouble with the curve of the chin...feels almost like a dull blade

Well, today I tried again with the chin, figuring that if the tips already indicated didn't help I'd go to the butter knife method.

Generally successful - did the entire chin, WTG, and even tried different parts of the blade to see if I had a generally sharp blade all around. So thanks, and here's to continued improvement...

Its good to hear of the improvements and to go with the other tips suggested heres my tip to help you with the angles. When you look at the contours of your chin envision them as smaller flat planes and then adjust your strokes and angles accordingly. I hope this helps!

One more tip.(as if you didn't have enough)Start each stroke on an area that is whiskerless or already shaved and move onto the area of trouble.We all had trouble learning to go "round the corner" on the chin area.

By now I'm guessing you've decided it's the angle that's the trouble. Here are a few tricks you can use to keep a good angle:

1. Use the spine as a guide. Keep the spine about 1.5 spine widths off your face. It's about 30 degrees or less when you do that, and using it as a guide makes it easier to "see" the right angle.
2. If you're going N-S, don't worry about the spine touching your skin. If the spine is on your skin it means the angle is less than 30 degrees and that is just fine.
3. Imagine the chin in different "facets" like a diamond. Most whiser maps actually split the chin up this way, and if you try to shave each "facet" separately you don't have to worry about "rounding the curve" of your chin. This might make it easier at first.
4. If you have trouble goig N-S, try E-W. I feel like my chin is rounder going top-to-bottom, but flatter side-to-side. I use the toe when I do this kind of pass. Start where the chin meets the jawbone (and it's easier to find the right angle) then carefully swoop it around in shorts strokes.