Thread: FINALLY! I figured out how to go against grain on neck.

Ugh....how I wish my neck hairs grew straight down....anyway I finally figured out against grain shaving there. I used a butter knife to practice a bit and after the initial up and down strokes I put the razor in opposite hand and made a down stroke towards the opposite side.

So right side neck: left hand, start at chin, down but curve towards middle of neck. No cuts, did fine. Ditto for left side neck: right hand, start at chin, down but curve towards left shoulder.

Right neck baby bottom smooth, left neck close but not perfect. Practice will continue.

I have to do mine like that, but opposite direction. Ear to base of throat. Then from side of neck to the chin.

I call it a X stroke.

Mike that is neat, thanks for the pics. I am glad I am not alone in the struggle!

For some reason, I have a very, very sensitive section around my vocal cords and I shave that section carefully with a disposable. For the rest of my neck, it's shave up, against the grain and second pass shave down, with the grain. The end result is more than presentable.

The pics really make the clear to even the dullest of readers....

Thanks!

Wish that was all I had to do to get mine. My neck hairs go sideways in a couple of spots. I can get baby smooth on the cheeks, but even with multiple passes every which way I can never get the same on my neck. Steel wire tough red hair doesn't help maters either.

That's how I do it, just switch hands. I lather up twice, once for the right hand and again for the left.

pretty much every ones neck hair goes in all directions, my beard was like copper wire before it turned white now its tungsten, and the neck hairs go in 4-5 directions, but WTG seems to do the trick with a 2cd buffing stroke across the grain,, my wife doesn't complain. its just up to us to map it out and do the proper stroke, but ATG needs a well honed blade to do it without irritation,,, and as you get a year or so behind you it will be second nature then. now to be honest not many experienced guys go for BBS every shave, a DFS is good enough cause I don't know about you but women don't just walk up to me in the street and see if I,m BBS. and if a guy does it he will not wake up for a while.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

I don't know about you but women don't just walk up to me in the street and see if I,m BBS. and if a guy does it he will not wake up for a while.

TC, it looks like you need a few of my "old widow women and divorcees" to give you a Sunday morning beard check.

Originally Posted by Benz

TC, it looks like you need a few of my "old widow women and divorcees" to give you a Sunday morning beard check.

Benz theres only one Old Widow Women and Divorcees groupie out there and you got them all! I cant compete with that, so far the wife keeps them away from me at church. Tc