Thread: shaving wtg on neck

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

Yep --- same here ---just live with the not so perfect neck shave

Justin

Thats pretty much it for me too!!

This is the exact reason I just went and bought a DD Dwarf.
To try to reach this area since all the hairs on my neck run from left to right.

It looks like the jet stream on the weather channel has just dipped below my chin.

I have been handicapped because I prefer larger razors ie. Frederick Reynolds, W&B, and most other wedge or frameback sorts.

I'm going to try the " Flip Top Head " maneuver I just read about.

OK, don't give up it is possible - it is just tricky -

You know the coup de maitre that everyone mentions? The little highly dangerous looking maneuver that is used to cut the moustache area? The is the same thing you need to do with the neck - except with the added pain of slicing across *and* down. The other trick thing is that you do some of the stroke without being able to see the blade (especially if you are like me and cut upwards on the right neck with my *right* hand) - the cutting is actually blocked by my arm for a few inches...You want to talk about harrowing for the first few tries?

What I do is practice on the weekends, not when I have someplace to go, and I feel my neck often and try different things, get a good cream and take you time with various techniques until you get it very close - then try it during the week.

Good luck - it really can be done, quite an accomplishment when you get it -

K

I sound a little slow here, but i have no idea what you are talking about. Coup de what??

Dude, do a search - it will clear it all up. Here is a link to a recent thread where LX made a video of the action - http://straightrazorpalace.com/showt...highlight=Coup

It is really a simple cut, but it is a little unnerving, as you as essentially coming at the area under your nose with a sharp razor at a 90 degree angle and then scraping downwards with the grain to cut the your mustache stubble - The first couple of times, it is rather interesting, but it is quickly mastered -

My point was that the action under the jowls, below the jaw on the sides, in *my* shaving, uses pretty much the same maneuver, except that I do the coup while pulling the blade in a slicing action downward and across from earlobe to apple - that way I cross cut at the best angle, the hair growing from apple to ear lobe, get me?

My explanation is probably clear as mud, but when you at the mirror, try it (but be careful!)

K

Originally Posted by majurey

I manage to shave across from right lateral to medial line. It gets more difficult going beyond medial line and towards the left, but I just about manage it. I do this by having blade and scales in a straight line, hold the blade by the spine between thumb and crook of second finger, and then tilt head right up to look at ceiling. I find I flatten my neck that way and am presented with a good flat area to use a scything motion from right to middle to left. And by tilting the head up to the ceiling the skin is stretched well, especially when combined with pulling down below the hairline on the neck with my other (off)hand.

The only downside is not being able to see what you're doing in the mirror, because you're looking straight up! So I do it by touch and feel. Not wanting to jinx myself, I have yet to nick myself at all doing this, though it sounds horrendously off-key and I imagine goes against most conventional wisdom.

One day I'm going to post a video of this, it's so damned hard putting into words!

Have you considered mounting a mirror on the ceiling? Halfway serious there.

What, like the one in my bedroom?