Thread: neck shaving

Originally Posted by matt

sO HOW should one hold a razor when Trying to move from east to west on the neck. I am finding it quite difficult to move in a horizontal direction on the neck.

Try a cutting motion with the toe leading. It's not quite 100% horizontal but it is safer and the recommended cutting stroke according to the barber manuals.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/compo...d,3/mode,view/

Whenever I do this I just, very lightly, pull the razor down and slightly diagonally toward the tip of the razor. Seems to work well.

Originally Posted by steve

Try a cutting motion with the toe leading. It's not quite 100% horizontal but it is safer and the recommended cutting stroke according to the barber manuals.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/compo...d,3/mode,view/

Whenever I do this I just, very lightly, pull the razor down and slightly diagonally toward the tip of the razor. Seems to work well.

I have the same problem with my neck. I do what I think Steve does only I go the other direction, i.e. take a look at his referenced diagram. My arrows would point back to the heal instead of forward from the toe. North to South labeling is clear to me, but the East, West labels are ambiguous, so... I do an against the grain keeping my razor essentially level and shaving down while at the same time going slowly from ear to throat (cause my neck wiskers seem to grow from throat to ear). Now I do this as a second pass and VERY CAREFULLY. I still don't get real BBS, but it's the closest I can do and is good enough for me.

I have tried to shave up my neck on a second pass and the razor just sticks, scrapes, and leaves a pretty good burn. Blade angle or not sharp enough for my beard?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Jfala

I have tried to shave up my neck on a second pass and the razor just sticks, scrapes, and leaves a pretty good burn. Blade angle or not sharp enough for my beard?

Thanks.

Flatten the blade angle to the skin. Try laying the spine closer to the skin and see what happens and keep a light touch.

Okay. The stubble in my neck I can not conquer. It sticks to my skin and there is no way around it. One thing I notice is Stretching the skin beyond the cheeks is really hard. My neck is to slippery to get a stretch I want. I can stretch down but that does not seem to be cutting it. I have hair that grows srom NW-SE W-E SW-NW and W-E all around my gdamn neck. Same problem when I need to shave my jaw and chin area. Any others experience this?

I have the same problem with my straight razor shaves, i can tell though that the problem is that we dont get them sharp enough, if i ever shave with the dovo shavette straight ( the one that uses disposable blades) no matter what, how or where you save the hair is going down regardless of preparation ,technique etc,etc leaving you bbs guaranteed.
tha question is ( wich i havent so far...) can we get a straight as sharo as a disposable? ha sanybody ever done it?

I have a norton on the way and I am working on a Swaty hone. Maybe I will find out. If not I just may sell some of this stuff and try a straight disposable.