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04-22-2011, 03:40 PM #1Senior Member
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and decided to change the way I moved my blade. I also needed to try thinking three dimensional when I did this; for example there is a blade angle when you think about the blade away from your face (30 degrees vs 5 degrees-- biggest angle is usually first pass and usually WTG) and a blade-angle on the North South plane as well. It was this second one I had to work on. be careful about moving the blade sideways when you do this. I also used a scything motion and stretched the skin a bit differently.Neck problems @$@#!#$. Its funny though as this was the area I was shaving on my first shave when the nervousness stopped and I started to relax.. .
I used to do a North South pass then South to North and had similar problems. I watched this video (by Jockys); YouTube - Jockeys' Straight Shaving Demonstration Part 2
Hair on my neck grows from the adams apple to the back (kinda east to west) so my first cut was never With the Grain.
I still do my first pass as a North to South cut while stretching the skin by putting my fingers near the sideburns and pulling up. Second pass is South to north with stretching below the lather on my neck. I pull the skin from the middle to the back and up towards the ear. This causes hair to TURN north so I can get the WTG, XTG and ATG if wanted and still mostly have the blade go either N to S or S to N. Stretching to move the hair directions was key. Next came the scything motion and this was needed to further enhance the angle to match the WTG, XTG, and ATG angles.
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04-22-2011, 08:34 PM
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Great input guys. The video and the diagrams really help me visualize what I need to modify.
I realize I am not stretching nearly enough. This is a very enjoyable challenge.
04-22-2011, 09:14 PM
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How I hold the razor varies when I'm on the neck. Sometimes I hold the scales straight out as if the razor was a Japanese kamisori . Depends. Same with stretching, there are some areas where I have to pull the skin in opposite directions, from what seemed 'correct,' to flatten the area to get a good pass. Playing around with stretching, blade angle and direction of attack has helped me get it in a 2 pass shave most of the time. Also depends on the whiskers, we all aren't playing with the same deck of cards.
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