Thread: Goatee and learning.

Originally Posted by harpman

I still tend to use one of those tiny 1/2" wide 'bikini' razors that women use to trim around my goatee, primarily because I have that little soul patch thing going on. There's just no reasonable expectation to try to nibble around that soul patch with a straight. The outside perimeter of the goatee, no problem as most of my razors have spike points. Bottom line is not to rush it for me...I take my time and deliberate careful strokes to avoid nicks.

bill

I do the outside edges as well as those stray hairs that aren't a part of the median strip up the middle entirely with the cutthroat.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I do the outside edges as well as those stray hairs that aren't a part of the median strip up the middle entirely with the cutthroat.


Mick

Maybe when I'm out of the newbie stage. As a semi-professional blues harmonica player I'm pretty careful with not wanting to cut my lip and put me out of commission for a few days.

bill

That's cool...but ya gotta give it a go sometime!!! And go lightly, at worst then you may get a small nick. I haven't yet. I only clip the strays every few days. Go check out my pic in that what doyou look like thread...You'll see I've also got to contend with a gap in the centre of my mo' as well.


Mick

I had a goatee until yesterday. I never had much of a problem shaving around it. I am peculiar about touchups to the point where single "wild" hairs could annoy me, in which case they must go. I also use my straight to shorten my goatee, usually it works like a charm, exept yesterday when I suddenly got too close and made a bald spot in my goatee. I decided it was a nice opportunity to try a clean shave for the first time with a straight razor. After wearing a goatee for years my chin still feels cold and nekkid, and I've never had so many nicks after shaving as I did last night.

I've also got a goatee. The way I work around it is to hold the razor verticle and makes strokes toward my ears. The way my hair grows, that is actually a wtg pass anyway. Then I go straight down from the lip to the top of the goatee. Under then chin I go directly toward the neck.

During my 2nd pass, I fine tune the boarders.