Thread: Are your whiskers equally tough on both sides of your face ?

Here is one for you guys, I am a dominant hand shaver. This old dog hasn't had the patience to learn the new trick of shaving with the left as well as the right hand. What I have noticed is that when I do my down pass on the right side with my right hand (first pass) I leave a little bit of stubble that you can feel with the fingertips.

When I do the down pass on the left side (again with my right hand) I invariably take the stubble down close enough on that first pass where it feels smooth as silk to the finger tips. The direction that the stubble grows seems to be the same on both sides and I have gone through great pains to duplicate the blade angle and pressure.

I am wondering if the whiskers could be tougher on one cheek then they are on the other of if I am using more pressure, a variation in blade angle that I am not perceiving ? Whatever it is the results differ from one side to the other. Anyone else experienced this ? BTW, I end up with a smooth BBS or close to it two pass shave.

it seems like using your dominate hand on the oppisite side would change the angle some, by the time you reach around you will also be using different muscles than if you were shaving the same side as your dominate hand i think i said that right

I have the same issue. It's not really an issue since by the end of the shave I am smooth anyway. Just strange. I think it's about how you reach across to your left side with your dominate hand. I do the same thing. I do use two hands, but it depends on where on the face and the pass I am on. I have yet to use my left hand on the right side of my face for WTG passes. Seems too risky for my cheeks! All in all I think it is possible to have different thickness hair anywhere on your face. Check to check doesn't sound all that outrageous.

Jimmy when I do that I find it is a blade angle issue myself. I don't know if the toughness of the whiskers are playing a part or not but I find that I get equally close in one pass on either cheek when the razor makes a good stroke

Do you always start on the same side of your face when you shave? Maybe try switching it up and see if there is a difference

The beard on the left side of my face is definitely a bit tougher for any razor I've tried (including DE's). So it may not be just an issue of blade angle. My ¢2 worth.


Wayne

Thanks guys. Lee, I do always start on the same side. I will try switching up for the heck of it and see if that changes anything ....... if I can remember to do it.

Jimmy,

I'm an ambidexterous shaver with right hand dominance. And wouldn't you know it, the whiskers on the left side of my face are tougher than the ones on my right side.

And I don't have a clue what that means.

I'm an ambidextrous shaver, and the whiskers on my right (dominant) side are tougher than the left side. Electric, M3, DE, Straight, doesn't matter. Except that the straight handles these whiskers better than the other aforementione options, so that's what I've stuck with.

Great thread, Jimmy. I've been attributing varying closeness to technique, different grain, shape of my jaw bone and sharpness of razors. Uneven whiskers thickness could be a more significant factor than I had though.

Originally Posted by sparq

Great thread, Jimmy. I've been attributing varying closeness to technique, different grain, shape of my jaw bone and sharpness of razors. Uneven whiskers thickness could be a more significant factor than I had though.

It's funny, (as in strange) for forty years I took a Gillette Good News disposable and whipped the lather and the whiskers off in one pass and called it good whether it was or not. I never gave it a second thought. Now I analyze every part of the shave.