Thread: How to get the throat between Jaw Bone hair.

Originally Posted by jdto

There are some dedicated cold/cool water shavers out there, so it could be worth a try.

Tell you what, I usually use hot water, but for touching up those pesky patches, I'll cool them down before lathering and see what happens and post back with the results. I usually get them pretty good with my technique, not perfect, but the patches are well reduced. Maybe cooling the area will allow me to get them closer, you never know until you try.

I look forward to your results.

Originally Posted by jdto

I look forward to your results.

jdto,
When I did my ATG/XTG pass for under my jaw, I applied cold water, I found no difference because I achieved the same shave as I would if I used hot water. So therefore, the cold water did not help me get those under jaw patches any closer than hot water.

This is not to say shaving with cold water is not effective, it did not make any difference in my little experiment. In fact, the cold water did feel good with my lather, but it did not affect my shave one way or another in getting the under jaw patches cut closer. This is a YMMV moment.

Oldshool has the same procedure that I have. I rub the fingers on an Alum block that I am going to stretch the skin with. I pull pretty hard and really get that skin up to the top of the jaw line. It took me about a year also to figure this one out. It does depend which direction your hair grows.

Richard

Originally Posted by riooso

Oldshool has the same procedure that I have. I rub the fingers on an Alum block that I am going to stretch the skin with. I pull pretty hard and really get that skin up to the top of the jaw line. It took me about a year also to figure this one out. It does depend which direction your hair grows.

Richard

Do your whiskers in that spot grow horizontal? Mine do and I'll have to do more skin stretching to really nail those pesky stubbles.

Originally Posted by pmburk

Does your whiskers in that spot grow horizontal?

Yes, from neck to chin direction. If it grew the other direction it would seem to me that it would be some derivation of the same thing. The problem with that area is that a straight is to long to get into the curved part. It is a trick to reach over the top of your face with one hand and shave with the other but it is very effective.

R

Originally Posted by riooso

Yes, from neck to chin direction. If it grew the other direction it would seem to me that it would be some derivation of the same thing. The problem with that area is that a straight is to long to get into the curved part. It is a trick to reach over the top of your face with one hand and shave with the other but it is very effective.

R

I'll make sure I try that at my next shave. I nail the spot pretty good, but I am so tenacious that I want to see if I can really smooth out that area.
Thanks!