Thread: horizontal bristles on my neck....

In fact, I took this picture when I had my first BBS out of my RED paste... He was as much amazed as I was...

OH COME ON

It looks like he just sat on a razor you forgot to put away, that's all

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

OH COME ON

We know what he REALLY saw as you were getting out of the shower

I hate to hijack the thread back to it's original topic, but would anyone happen to have any advice for when the hair in the area pictured above all goes to one side (mine grows from left to right everywhere below my jaw line)? I can use the technique described by Karakoup for one side, but I don't think it would work for the other. Any ideas?

Grow a beard; goop it well so all the hair appears to be growing normally; shave everything else above your jawline.
This gives you the opportunity to remain with us, the users of straight razors and solves the problem of trying to find answers to shaving hair with a mind of its own.

You're entirely welcome for this solution and are encouraged to bring any others to us for similarly quick and astute answers.

Haha, good one Bruce. I can shave it close enough that I look clean shaven, because I can go XTG on it. It's not really a big deal, but there are those special occasions on which I would like to get totally BBS...

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I hate to hijack the thread back to it's original topic, but would anyone happen to have any advice for when the hair in the area pictured above all goes to one side (mine grows from left to right everywhere below my jaw line)? I can use the technique described by Karakoup for one side, but I don't think it would work for the other. Any ideas?

Hi Holli!

What about to get in contact with Robert Williams, or Maestro Livi or someone else and get a special str8 with a special short blade in order to you to apply this technique on all your neck?

The other cheaper alternative would be to buy a cheap but good str8 as a "Double-arrow" and to sand it to 3/4 of the blade..

The problem here with traditionnal Str8s, is that the blade is usually too long to apply this technique..

My 2 cents...

Take care!

To illustrate this technique, I made some quick drawings... Sorry for the poor quality...

Black = handle

Blue = blade











Hope this will help!

Have fun!

Originally Posted by Karakoup1

Hi Holli!

What about to get in contact with Robert Williams, or Maestro Livi or someone else and get a special str8 with a special short blade in order to you to apply this technique on all your neck?

The other cheaper alternative would be to buy a cheap but good str8 as a "Double-arrow" and to sand it to 3/4 of the blade..

The problem here with traditionnal Str8s, is that the blade is usually too long to apply this technique..

My 2 cents...

Take care!

These are certainly two viable options. Unfortunately, a custom razor is totally out of the question for financial reasons (full time grad student + student teaching = no time for a job). Cutting down an inexpensive razor might be doable, but I'm not sure that I could spare the time (and I have no tools).

Personally, I would rather learn to develop a good technique so that I can get a BBS shave with any (well honed razor) I happen to pick up.

I was just browsing the classifieds a while back and picked up a nice short wedge from English that is really handy around the hollows of my neck. Keep your eyes open for a short one and you might find be able to something that can help