Thread: My chinny chin chin?

Does any one have any pointers for doing the chin area. I have done between 5 and 10 shaves so far with a shavette style straight, but have not had very good luck around my chin. I just cant figure out if I should be going from lip downward, from the middle of my chin to either cheek(XTG) or from cheek in. I guess it kind of feels like my is is very squishy and round, and not prime shaving material! Also if anyone has tips on stretching my chin area that would also help! I can get the hair shaved, but not BBS triple pass like I get my cheeks.

And on a side note I finally did a triple pass on just my cheeks(easiest area for me) and now I have so SMOOTH cheeks!

I have been working on that problem area myself. I am getting there. I go down from lip first and try to roll my lip in my mouth so the skin will be tight. I them go sideways and then in the middle I go up to the lip. It is tricky and some areas that are more round and wont flatten out with stretching I buff with the blade. Tonight's shave was very close. It does take the longest to do compared to the rest of my face.

this is an area that has been tricky. It is all about the skin stretch for me. On of the things I do is not lather a full face but one side then the other that way I can pull the skin tight from the un lathered side. I hope that makes sense.

The chin area is probably the hardest to master with a straight. Firstly, when you're learning, make sure you've got a really sharp razor. Next, do short, buffing strokes. Lastly, you'll really need to play around with the angles to make sure you get optimum cutting angle. It really come together with practice.

Divide your chin into 3 areas. First shave from the lower lip to the round part of the chin with just a down stroke. You may find that stretching the top of the lower lip over the bottom teeth will help make that area taught. This pretty much a flat area now and WTG strokes should take care of it easily. Next shave the two sides of the chin as these areas are flat as well and will do fine with your WTG stroke here too. You may or may not want to use your opposite hand to stretch the cheek up toward the eye if it helps tighten up this area for you. Save the round part of the chin for last. The easiest way to do the round part of the chin is to visualize the razor actually rolling along the round part. You can practice this move in the mirror a few times before actually putting the razor to your chin. The key here is to stretch the bottom lip all the way or as far as you can over the lower teeth to tighten up this area and use very little pressure on your shaving stroke. Do not stop mid stroke on this are as a lot of people get tentative here and do. Just use short strokes and build up your confidence at you let the edge of the razor follow the contour of your chin.

Good luck

Your chin is all muscle,as above you have to learn to use your teeth,take short strokes,Is a muscle memory thing.
takes time to learn,keep at it.

Originally Posted by jchad20

Does any one have any pointers for doing the chin area. I have done between 5 and 10 shaves so far with a shavette style straight, but have not had very good luck around my chin. I just cant figure out if I should be going from lip downward, from the middle of my chin to either cheek(XTG) or from cheek in. I guess it kind of feels like my is is very squishy and round, and not prime shaving material! Also if anyone has tips on stretching my chin area that would also help! I can get the hair shaved, but not BBS triple pass like I get my cheeks.

And on a side note I finally did a triple pass on just my cheeks(easiest area for me) and now I have so SMOOTH cheeks!

Cross the grain (XTG) is more difficult for me with a shavette than with a traditional straight, so I would stick to with the grain (WTG) and against the grain (ATG). That's what I do with a shavette, eliminate the XTG strokes.

The chin area is best done by... growing a goatee.

But seriously, what Lynns said is pretty much what you have to do. The hair on the bottom of the chin and just underneath is very dense so using short strokes will help to get through that.