This my weak spot. Any suggestions on this area? Btw, I'm right handed.
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This my weak spot. Any suggestions on this area? Btw, I'm right handed.
Unless it's a facility issue with the razor stretching is what I need to do with my right jawline and I'm left handed though I use both hands for shaving. I usually stretch north as I come along the jaw.
First pass is XTG for me here, it is straight down and I use my left hand for shaving and my right hand over my head to stretch the skin up.
For the next pass I switch hands, left hand to pull the skin up as far as I can while turning my face to the right and do an ATG pass from my earlobe to my chin using my right hand to hold the razor. This gets the jawline skin up on the flat part of my lower cheek.
As this is my most difficult spot to shave I then do an ATG pass on my lower neck and jawline, pulling the skin down and back with my left hand and shaving from just below my ear to the center (Adams Apple) using my right hand.
This was the most difficult stroke I had to learn, I didn't even attempt it till I had about 30 shaves in.
Using this stroke and a couple of touch ups on a small hollow on this side of my neck yields me a BBS shave on the left side.
I'm a lefty and had a little trouble with my right side jaw line. My beard there runs in line with my jaw nose to ear. If I stretch my skin up i still will have a strip of stubble on my jaw. I found if I turn my head up and over my left shoulders then with my left hand do an ear to nose pass in line with my jaw but lead with the heal, looks similar to a honing x stroke, gets bbs every time. I almost keep the spine flat against my face with a long confident stroke, anything else and I'll nick myself due to the small amount of contact between the blade and face.
My comfort level just isn't there yet. I just keep going slow. Thanks for the tips.
the comfort level will come
Continue trudging along, every shave for about the first 50 shaves I learned something new and eye opening. The biggest help is reading all I can from the people who have experience around here and trying new things. The epiphanies will happen often and unexpectedly, and there's always more to learn and experience. Pretty much the ideal hobby.Quote:
Originally Posted by cubancigar2000
I struggled with the same area, and found some useful suggestions in this thread :
east west neck hair
straightrazorplace.com/shaving.../99410-east-west-neck-hair.html
I,m about 600 shaves in and I,m still learning , as your learning stay with the simple stuff first. Then when your comfort level increases you will find different angles of attack and varying stretching techniques ,, I had to adjust because of only one eye ,Mobutu sometimes you just come up with your own system, tc
I've got along way to 50. Just fInished #7. Gaining confidence each day.Quote:
Originally Posted by jfk742
Use your right hand, and while holding the razor vertically, make the pass from your ear to your chin, all the while stretching your skin by using your left hand and pulling towards your ear. :gl:
I'll give that a try today. Thanks
Have you identified the direction of hair growth in that area? That may help in determining direction for passes.
For me, right handed, the hair on my jawline is mostly growing North to South. For my WTG pass, I reach over my head with my right hand and pull the skin upward. I shave straight down, with my left hand (yeah it takes a while to get comfortable with both hands) to near the jawline. Then, I do the area under the jaw line, straight down, with my left, though could use right. Because of the pulling of skin, I don't have to shave over the sharp corner of the jawline.
For my XTG pass, I use my left hand and go chin to ear, again stretching the skin with my right hand. I turn the blade so that it is up and down, as I get near the ear and do the sideburns area straight across towards the ear. This stretching covers some skin over the jawline. For the lower part, I raise my chin and lean head towards right shoulder. Using my right hand, I go ATG upward to, and just past the jawline, changing the angle to try to keep the angle low in that area. The head contortion stretches the neck skin, so I don't use my hand to stretch more, but I could.
With those two passes, things are pretty good (I mostly need more work at chin area). I will sometimes do a third pass, where I repeat the ATG South to North motion using my right hand for below the jawline, and then continue in the same direction above the jaw line, about half way up the check, and right up to the sideburn by my ear.
HTHs!
I use the exact same technique as firefighter2 and it works very well for me. Good luck and keep at it!