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new shaving question
Here is a question for you gent!
When you were first learning to shave what questions do you wish you had a mentor around to answer and would have made your shaving experience better. If there is a thread in the shaving section that answers that question please link it here. I am looking for posts that really get to the heart of the the issue.
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My question would be how to get a clean shave in the multiple small tight areas on my neck. Each area has a direction that is easy to pass over from, but extremely difficult to finish without irritating the skin
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When I started I was too dumb about shaving to even know what questions to ask. I would have wanted to just watch someone shave even once.
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thats a good point would you guys like to see a video library here and if so what topics would you like to see?
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Two big issues I had/have are cleaning up around my neck/jawline area. Having someone watch me shave on a 1 day growth and telling me why im not clean shaven, when i can get BBS on 3 days growh.
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These were my biggest issues that a mentor could have helped me tremendously with:
1) Knowledge of how the blade cuts.
* I still have no idea what is truly meant by a "scything" motion, but I have adapted my own style of sweeping the blade sideways that works very well. Amazingly well, compared to a perpendicular blade.
2) How to deal with stubborn areas.
* I irritated the heck out of my face by making loads of small passes without re-lathering before I figured out that I need to strictly limit myself to passes ONLY where there is lather.
3) The definition of a "light" touch.
* At first I thought this meant both a light touch AND a light stroke. As you can imagine, the light stroke accomplished nothing, as the blade seemed like it was catching on my hairs instead of slicing through. While a light touch against the skin is ideal, a proper stroke requires a certain amount of assertiveness/momentum.
I hope this helps! There are so many things that must be learned firsthand, but I believe it's all part of the experience.
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I would love to see demo videos of how to get those tough spots (under the nose, corners of the mouth, etc.).
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Well, since it seems that your question is more concerned with the generalities of shaving, rather than specifically shaving with a straight, I'd say that I could have used a mentor when I was a teen.
I started really early and had at first no problems because the hair came in patches and was light. You could cut it with scissors. However, by the time I was a senior in HS, I had my dear old coarse stubble. Using modern cartridges, I had a problem. WTG shaves looked no good and going ATG with a Mach3 or whatever else was highly irritating. I simply knew nothing about how beard hair grows and how to get rid of it properly.
I wish I would have had the chance to view Mantic's videos on wetshaving years ago as this would have been a huge help.
So, to sum up, I wish I had a mentor who taught me about beard growth and how to slice the hairs off.