Thread: shaving wtg on neck

I have hair on my jaw and neck that is extremely coarse and grows side to side. What is the best way to hold the razor and perform a wtg pass?

wich side? it grows toward you chin or towards you hears?

grows toward my chin on one side and ear on the other

I've got a couple of places under my jaw where the hair grows sideways, and I use an inverted hold in those situations.

Hey, the hair on my neck grows from apple to ears, in almost a smile, so I have the same problem -

I stretch the skin upwards over my jaw as much as I can, do a little turkey neck maneuver and shave in straight line from chin to ear - then against the grain, I do a scything motion, that is holding the blade backwards, I stabilize it on a finger against my face and under the jaw and swing the blade from horizontal to vertical stopping at the apple.

OR I just have an agressive angle like under the nose, right under the jaw and shave straight down and slightly to one side or another in a *gasp* slicing motion - not for the faint of heart in the beginning, but really not a problem - cuts the stubble at an oblique but straight on angle.

Just my 2c.

K

Same thing as Kriton, scything motion after yanking the skin over to the opposite side. That takes care of the vertical valleys between tendons in the neck.

For the curvy side part of the neck I just make lots of short strokes with just the point of the razor. Not so elegant but it works for me.

I've given up trying for BBS on my neck. The only way I can do it is to shave straight across which is impossible. I've tried all kinds of stretching, scything motions, angles. You name it and I've tried it. I can only do it with my Tosuke japanese razor because it is short and I can do that maneuver.

No big deal I get a great shave anyway. Just not BBS

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!

a video would be great. I just tried shaving with a straight today and I did ok on my cheeks but the jaw down to my neck was terrible.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I've given up trying for BBS on my neck. The only way I can do it is to shave straight across which is impossible. I've tried all kinds of stretching, scything motions, angles. You name it and I've tried it. I can only do it with my Tosuke japanese razor because it is short and I can do that maneuver.

No big deal I get a great shave anyway. Just not BBS

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

Justin