Thread: Suggestions for grain direction

As promised, some pics:


Left jawline, shaved with right hand. This is a second pass, more or less XTG, and usually with some buffing. The stretch isn't too extreme, at least as far as head tilt goes. My nonshaving hand holds a washcloth against my neck to give me some stretch-traction. This gets this troublesome little patch stretched out just fine for the shave.


This is the right-hand grip I use for this pass. It's not the same that I use for the rest of my face; I consider this my backhand grip. Note that the clean side of the blade is toward the camera; this was the side that was against my skin.


Right jawline, shaved with left hand. Again, second pass, XTG, and you can see that I've done a complete stroke and am now buffing back over it.


...and here's the left-hand grip, also special to this bit of the job. Again, the side toward the camera was the side against my skin.

To do a real against-the-grain pass, I'd have to shave from my ear toward my chin, and I haven't wanted it that smooth that badly to bother. Across the grain gets it clean and doesn't feel too dangerous.

I hope this helps. Best wishes to you.