Thread: Weird neck problem

I was just going to post this same question the other day but I see now there is no definitive answer. Here's what I can do to maximize the shave in that area:

I stretch the skin of the neck towards the opposite side. For instance, if I need to shave the right side, I have a blade in the left hand and use the right hand to hold the skin on the left side of the neck and pull it to the left. This, in effect, raises stubble that's growing sideways and allows me to use upstroke to shave it.

I haven't found anything that works better. I'm not sure it's possible to do a complete BBS with my neck. The closest I get is when I use buffing with a DE and doing it in all directions. That causes overshaving so I'd rather be without BBS than doing it too often. In fact, I've done it for the last couple of days and now even using a straight today I ended up in pain. I need to stay away from DE, which I did for several months.

Originally Posted by DEwey

I have heard of guys using their shorty blades after knocking the toe off of their daily shavers (by dropping them). I am sure that you could make that happen on purpose, too.

Lol - been there, done that. Breaks your heart.

As a matter of fact - I have one great razor w/ a 2" blade. If anyone wants to try it I can send.

Cheers
Ivo

As for the neck - it just takes a while. The trick is to try different approaches / angles and different stretches.

One interesting trick I learned from Michael (but I don't use it) for the neck is: place thumb and forefinger on the area, then twist them Mix it up

Cheers
Ivo

Originally Posted by izlat

One interesting trick I learned from Michael (but I don't use it) for the neck is: place thumb and forefinger on the area, then twist them Mix it up

Cheers
Ivo

Great tip Ivo. I'm going to have to try that tomorrow night! If it works I'll be kicking myself for not figuring it out myself!

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There are a few out there like the Double Duck Dwarf which has a blade a bit shorter however if you really want short you have to go with a traditional japanese razor. Come join the club, it will test your mettle.

This statement scares the dickens out of me! I'm not used to having my mettle tested for shaving

I'm finding that really creative stretching does the trick. I have the weird hair too, plus a lot of skin, plus a very shapely adam's apple...talk about a pain in the neck!

Whew! I was afraid when I opened this thread it was going to be about some big ole goiter or something...

While on the subject of the neck... My hair under the jaw line mosty goes in a W-E/SW-NE direction. With a DE that wasn't much of a problem, becuase you have quite a short blade and the handle is perpendicular to the blade.

But with the straight I have two problems. First the blade is much longer than a DE making it harder to manouvre around, but secondly I'm not really sure how to hold the blade. When going N-S (everything above the jaw line for me) it's easy just hold it normally and shave, but when I go the opposite direction how am I supposed to hold the razor? Just normally but with my hand twisted so it's "upside down"? Or hold the razor upside down, and place my thumb on the top of the tang?

i havn't had much trouble with my neck like this. though with the ol' cartridge razors i would get terrible razor burn on my neck but since goign straight that has all been a thing of the past.

i simply lift my chin up, that tightens up the skin on my neck.. then i do N-S pass and then a S-N pass if needed. also due to holding the razor it is easy to slightly angle the motion from outside in if your hair grows that way.

i use my right hand to shave the right side of my neck and left for left. that above movement of left hand, right side with right hand pulling left seems so cross eyed and crooked with a N-S pass, i'd be scared to try it.

~J