Thread: not getting close enough

HELLO GENTS, IT SEEMS I HAVE ANOTHER INQUIRY. THIS TIME IT SADDENS ME, YET I WON'T LET IT GET ME DOWN. FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS I HAVE GREATLY ENJOYED THE PLEASURE OF STRAIGHT RAZOR SHAVING, BUT I AM STILL HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THE AREA RIGHT UNDER MY JAW AND CHIN. BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER LET ME SAY I REALIZE IT'S A LEARNED SKILL AND IT MAY TAKE YEARS TO MASTER, HOWEVER I FEEL I SHOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT AT THIS POINT. SOMEONE RIDDLE ME THIS COULD THE PROBLEM BE RAZOR ISN'T SHARP ENOUGH BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE STROPPING,KNOW HOW, OR MAYBE I HAVEN'T GOT THE ANGLE RIGHT? NO MATTER HOW MANY PASSES I MAKE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE ROUGHNESS JUST BELOW MY JAW LINE AND ON THE SIDES OF THE UNDER PART OF MY CHIN. ANY SUGGESTIONS? IF NOT JUST HUMOR ME.THANKS BEFORE HAND FOR ANY ADVICE AS IT IS ALWAYS GREATLY APPRECIATED. GOOD NIGHT AND GREAT SHAVING.

RONNY

Ronny, that area under the chin is tough to get smooth. What helps me is re-lathering before I tackle the chin. For example, I start WTG on my cheeks, jaw & neck. Then I re-lather the philtrum & chin before continuing WTG in those spots. Then with my across the grain pass I again re-lather before tackling the chin. For my against the grain approach, I reapply Castle Forbes preshave then relather the chin. I also go very carefully against the grain on the chin. This produces a nice, smooth surface. Good luck, DR.

That spot is challenging to many straight shavers.
I wouldn't be too concerned with the sharpness of the blade, if the rest of your shave is smooth.
The thing with that area is that it can be a bit difficult to get the right stretch to get the strands to raise up correctly for cutting.
Try to stretch from various places. Behind the blade or in front of it.
And as DavisRazor said, extra focus on softening the whiskers in that area sure wont hurt either

Great advice so far Ronny. Try a couple of different grips on the razor to see if that helps. I know it took me a couple of months before I was even close to DFS on the chin. Keep at I'm sure you get the results you're after.


P.S. It appears your "Caps lock" button is in the "on" position.

It took me two years to figure this one out. Maybe it will help you now. The hair growth on my jaw line and onto my chin grow toward my ears. Basically, once I have everything else nice and smooth, I re-lather and shave from my ears toward my chin. Works every time. Good luck and I hope this helps.