Quote Originally Posted by mloyd View Post
Good advice, gentlemen. In the interest of clarification: I typically do one WTG pass and one XTG pass. The XTG pass is difficult along the neck because my hair grows almost horizontally and with the curve of my neck it is really hard to get in there. If I only have one days growth and I am in a hurry I just do a single XTG pass and it is usually good enough. I don't like to resort to a DE, unless the shave is really embarrassing (for months my shaves were so bad I didn't want people to know I shaved with a straight...lol). It just feels like I am cheating with a DE, but if I am really in a hurry I do use one. I am a head shaver as well, but haven't gotten to the point where I am shaving my head with a straight just yet. I completed two passes on my head a couple of days ago with a straight and cut myself about 6 times, but we are moving in that direction!
If your hair grows horizontally then XTG would be up and down, I believe. I know it sounds "duh" but you could be missing this point, I did. Just something to point out