Thread: I need a little advice for my neck area

Hey guys. I've been shaving with a straight for a little less then three weeks. I absolutely love it and get the best shave I've ever had. My checks and face area I am becoming very familiar with and can get a good shave but my neck are seem to give me problems. My throat/Adams apple are pretty large and it makes it hard to get a good even stroke. I guess my question is what is a good way to navigate the neck area? I know each person is different but just thought someone might have had this problem before. Thank you guys for any help

Chase

Yup....I think most of us have had difficulty with the neck.

Try to keep a low angle, and use short deliberate strokes. If you're stroke is about 1" long, then you may be able to get a "good stroke" as you say.

I too have most trouble there. Have a really good look how the pattern of hair growth is. I find that its not as uniform as your cheeks for example.

I don't know if this makes sense, but to shave my adams apple, I sort of half-swallow. This causes my adams apple to rise, and allows me to shave that small patch of skin uninterrupted.

As for the rest of the neck, +1 to all the advice so far. LOW angle, and SHORT strokes.

Good luck,

It'll come with time.

Nice idea with the swallowing . Easier than trying to stretch the skin around it.

Yep, you're not alone

I stretch the skin to the side of the Adams apple turn my head the other way, this lets the area right over the Adam apple now rest on the flat spot of my neck.

Now the rest of my neck is a different story. It basically grows from the middle out (easy to west). As you can imagine, a straight razor isn't going to lay flat against my neck now matter how much I tilt my chin up lol. So pretty much start at the jawline and do a diagonal stroke down to the bottom. It's not exactly a across the grain or a with the grain, sorta a mixture.

Oh and very very rarely against the grain. It's doable with good results but, I find the previous method is more than presentable and smooth for my daily routine. It just takes too much effort with a chance of razor burn...plus it leaves less stubble to chop at the following day

It's fun figuring out what works where, keep experimenting.

Originally Posted by ironsidegnr

I don't know if this makes sense, but to shave my adams apple, I sort of half-swallow. This causes my adams apple to rise, and allows me to shave that small patch of skin uninterrupted.

As for the rest of the neck, +1 to all the advice so far. LOW angle, and SHORT strokes.

Good luck,

It'll come with time.

Thanks guy. I actually tried what you said to see if I could understand what you were talking about. It worked and made great sense! Haha. Thanks man

Originally Posted by ZeroCool

Yep, you're not alone

I stretch the skin to the side of the Adams apple turn my head the other way, this lets the area right over the Adam apple now rest on the flat spot of my neck.

Now the rest of my neck is a different story. It basically grows from the middle out (easy to west). As you can imagine, a straight razor isn't going to lay flat against my neck now matter how much I tilt my chin up lol. So pretty much start at the jawline and do a diagonal stroke down to the bottom. It's not exactly a across the grain or a with the grain, sorta a mixture.

Oh and very very rarely against the grain. It's doable with good results but, I find the previous method is more than presentable and smooth for my daily routine. It just takes too much effort with a chance of razor burn...plus it leaves less stubble to chop at the following day

It's fun figuring out what works where, keep experimenting.

I just felt around a bit and figured out that my neck hair on the bottom of then neck just below the jaw line also grows from the middle out! I'm going to try your diagonal strok and see how it goes. Crazy that our hair grows like that. Thanks guy.

Chase

You can move the skin and shave it when it's not on top of your adam's apple.

Thanks again for the help. As I'm still in the process, and probably always will be improving my technique. I can do my entire face and jawline but there are two parts on my neck that give me trouble. On these trouble spots I switch to my DE razor to finish up. Is this bad to do? And if not I guess I'll just have to tuff it out a couple times till I find what works best for me. Right? Or should I not, but my ultimate goal is to obviously master shaving with a straight. Which do you all think is best. Thanks for the help

Chase