Thread: The chin

So its been about 6 weeks now and I am still very happy I made the change to my new friend the dovo schloss burg from a disposable. My technique stillstill needs work but there are better shaves each week. Anyway, the only area where I still struggle a lot is the very bottom of my chin. I don't think it is a sharpness issue as the blade shaves nicely everywhere else. Any help is appreciated.
Kurt

I found the bottom of my chin was one of the last areas to get right. it took months. For me I needed to be able to run the razor straight down and around my chin to my upper neck. it's just practice really. You need the right angle and your skin needs to be really tight.

Hi...I am new to straights too, switching from DE razors to straights two weeks ago. Being right handed, I have managed to get a fairly good job on my left side of my chin however, I am still having trouble on the right side. I still think I need more practice and right angle on the right side of my chin especially going against the grain. I think my experience with DE have helped me with the left side of my chin, however those muscles haven't helped me on the right side of my chin.
I hope that you will soon develop the muscles and the angles necessary to shave your chin. I hope I also develop them.
good luck

Hi Kurtlav. I am in the same boat, with the underside and point of the chin giving me no end of trouble. Slowly, but surely, it's getting better, but it's the most challenging area of the face, for sure. Keep at it, be patient and it will come. I have taken to sliding the razor with the spine almost resting against my skin up under the chin, which gets most of the stubble and doesn't cut me. Angles are very tricky around there.

I don't want to disappoint, but the chin will probably give you trouble for months and months. I still struggle with my chin sometimes and I am two years into this adventure.

My technique that might help is that I divide my chin into two sections: (1) the part above the curve and (2) the part below. The "above" section gets shaved with the rest of my face and I never try to round the curve with the razor. The "below" section gets shaved with my neck. There is always some extra stubble left right on the curve, but I find that I can touch that area up with some facial contorting and creative skin stretching. Stretching is your friend as well. Good luck!

My chin is always left with a bit of stubble after I round it on my first pass, but I don't worry about it too much because with my second pass I come at it from the side (XTG) and it cleans it right up.

I started to get better results with the chin when I eliminated it as a separate area. I go over it on a downward pass from the lower lip, upward over it from the neck ATG and get it from both sides with XTG passes starting at the back of the jawline. Managing pressure is important with this maneuver, and so is angle, which must be constantly changed as you round the chin. It takes some practice too.

8 months in and I'm still struggling with the chin. It gets a little better as time goes on. It just takes time for sure.

Thanks to everyone for their help, I appreciate all the input. Good or bad, the long New England winter will certainly give me plenty of time to practice my technique all the way around. Fbones--I like your divide and conquer method. I will give it a try tomorrow when I shave and post up some results.
Kurt

Here we are 5 months since I posted this thread. Chin shaving has come a LONG way. I can get a reasonable shave in a reasonable amount of time. Now if I can only get the mustache down...
Kurt