Thread: Head shaving anyone??

Does anyone have any tips on head shaving? Should I use a SR for face and safety razor for head? I find it very easy to shave my head with a safety.

I use both a safety razor and a straight for my headshaves depending on my mood. I suppose I tend to use the straight more often these days.
Try to search out Jimbo's video of it, it shows how a skilled user can do it.
The Pastor, another member here has a couple vids of it if I remember correctly.

It really isn't any harder than with the DE, but take it nice and easy

If you head shave every day as I do,headblade is hard to beat.

I too use both vintage safety razors and straight razors for my spud, depending largely upon my mood or if I'm in a hurry. For a long time, the straight was strictly a face razor then I finally put my foot down and said, "You know, it's about time you learned to use a straight on your melon." I then went through a spell of almost exclusively using the straight for my weekly "haircuts". Even though I was completely comfortable using a straight on my face, the initial head shaves bore a striking resemblence to my initial face shaves (a little nervous, felt awkward, etc.) There's a really neat, totally Zen sort of thing when you're running the straight out of sight on the back of your head. Tips? It's going to feel really awkward at first, if you've been using a straight on your face long enough to be good at it, that little voice inside your head will let you know when "a little awkward" turns into "No Dude, try that and you're gonna cut the crap out of yourself." Take it slow and easy, mind your blade angle and pressure and after 5 or 6 head shaves you should have the routine down. Once I took off with it, I wondered why it seemed like such a big deal and what took me so long to try it. Aside from being great fun, it's a great way to stretch out the weekend Hollywood shaves. Good Luck!

I do exactly that; DE on my head and straight on my face.

I started with a straight for my head shaves but found that my edges weren't lasting as long as I would like, so I switched to DE where I get about three two-pass head shaves per blade.

Same as commiecat, used straights for my daily head shave but they loose there sharpness rather quickly, occasionally I use a DE but most of the time it's a Feather straight with replaceable blades, gives me a real good shave in one pass. I get about 10 head shaves out of one blade.

I shave head and face whit a straight. its easy to do, and in my opinion easyer and smoother than whit a D.E.
What Snuf said about loose there sharpness rather quickly by a head shave, i can not mention this. think a good head prep is a must.
Wash whit warm wather an min or 2 before the shave and dont dry your head. just before shaving wet your head again and your headhair is so soft like baby hair, lather up and shave.
good luck.

I get really bad ingrowns at the nape of my neck. So I have abandoned shaving with any type of razor. I usually use electric clippers. It leaves peach fuzz and is hardly noticeable from afar and i dont mind a little fuzz

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

It's going to feel really awkward at first, if you've been using a straight on your face long enough to be good at it, that little voice inside your head will let you know when "a little awkward" turns into "No Dude, try that and you're gonna cut the crap out of yourself."

This sums it up. Just started shaving my dome last weekend. First shave I used both DE and a straight. Getting the whole head down with the straight is going to take some practice.

I have tried to do my had with the straight a few different times, each time however by about halfway through the blade is too dull to continue. I've given it up in favor of using the DE.

I think the problem is that I have fine hair, but it's remarkably thick. I have two or more hairs growing from every follicle. I figure it's better to go through three DE blades every time I do my head than dull one of my straights to unuseable. I'm a little envious of you guys that can do your heads with the straight.