Thread: Walking the straight path.

I have just had my official straight razor shave this morning and I am quite surprised. I just had my Dovo honed by Lynn delivered yesterday and I finally got to put it to use. Overall I feel pretty good with my 1st attempt. No nicks or cuts and just a slight razor burn on my neck. But my neck is always irritated after a shave. Another reason I am trying this to see if I can have better results.

I have to say the SRP provided a vast amount of information and reading the faqs and posts finally pushed me to the edge to try this out. I want to say thanks to everyone contributing to this forum. No doubt I have you all to thank for not leaking any blood this morning.

Try a little less pressure on the neck area. It may help.

Oh yes, and welcome to the forum.

Mick

I will definitely keep that in mind next go around. The blade angles gave me a little trouble while doing my neck. Figured it was going to be trail and error for awhile to find what works best for me.

I had the same problem with my neck, it's much better now but I'm still making improvements. My best advice is shave with as little pressure as possible and move you skin around a bit to make sure the razor is making full contact with 'taught' skin. Also, check the grain pattern of your neck, sometimes you never realize but your hair may be growing in a different direction than you expect and shaving in a normal pattern might cause irritation. (this was the case for me anyway)

Did you shave with it the way you're holding it in the pic?

Originally Posted by tekbow

Did you shave with it the way you're holding it in the pic?

That would be my question too. It looks like you might have it backwards or upside down or something.

Originally Posted by ats200

I had the same problem with my neck, it's much better now but I'm still making improvements. My best advice is shave with as little pressure as possible and move you skin around a bit to make sure the razor is making full contact with 'taught' skin. Also, check the grain pattern of your neck, sometimes you never realize but your hair may be growing in a different direction than you expect and shaving in a normal pattern might cause irritation. (this was the case for me anyway)

I have the same problem. In my quest to get it as smooth as possible I was probably using too much pressure. I will try pulling on the skin to make it more taught as well. Thanks for all the advice.