Thread: Having trouble shaving the Jaw line

I have the same issue with my neck and jawline areas. I try to stretch the jawline area up to my cheek and shave on a diagonal scything motion. I still can't get smooth shaves with my straights though, all honed from members here. I think it's all up to practicing a lot.


As for the DE comparison, I get the best shaves ever with my DE. A gillette NEW improved from 1926 open comb with feather blades. It feels like I haven't even hit puberty yet after I use it. My other DEs haven't given me anywhere near as close of a shave. The only reason I am still trying to get good with a straight is because it's just so cool to use and strop in the morning. I love it. I am just hoping I can achieve the super BBS that I get with the gillette NEW after a few months of practice.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

the only place i dont is my upper liip, because i dont want to slice my nose off going ATG

I have a moustache and don't have that problem. I think that's how moustaches came into being. Too many cut noses centuries ago.

Originally Posted by TexasBob

a couple of small weepers that the styptic cured

Luckily I have a small one (styptic pencil that is).
Is there a Jumbo Pack available in commercial strength? I'm on a pretty steep learning curve, but determined.

Originally Posted by colmustang

I been having a hard time shaving underneath the jaw line

I'm another who opens his mouth to do that part. If you open wide enough lots of skin is moved from your neck/jaw to below the cheek where it can be shaved easily.

Originally Posted by Rajagra

I'm another who opens his mouth to do that part. If you open wide enough lots of skin is moved from your neck/jaw to below the cheek where it can be shaved easily.

Yup, me too. Open your mouth wide when doing your cheeks down to your open mouth jawline, and then when you close you mouth, you will see that you have now shaved down past the angle.

I will try this tomorrow. (The open wide trick.)

Originally Posted by wfr308

Can anyone actually get a shave as close with a straight edge as with a DE? I'm trying - but so far no success.

Far closer, and not even in the same league as far as irritation. I took me about 9 months before I got everything together and could use a straight properly. Honing was the last thing that I learned to do and that was only after watching someone who was a pro at it and was kind enough to show me hands on.


Shaving along the jaw line is a little tricky. I stretch and then, while the skin is stretched I go underneath with the razor from the ear to the chin. I can not see the blade which use to make me nervous but it is the only way that I can get the BBS action without going through a lot of antics.


Take Care,
Richard

Originally Posted by smokelaw1

where the hair grows sideway in an area that can't be stretched flat enough and the razor won't fit perfectly to go ATG, and right under the tip of my chin, no matter how I stretch. Both are very good, and getting better still, after months of straight shaiving, just not QUITE as good as a DE shave in those areas.
Everywhere else, especially in the sideburn area and the upper lip, nothing has ever given me a smoother longer lasting shave than the straight.

By the way the piece under you ear below the jaw line? I would save that for touch up and put alum block just below my sideburns and stretch the heck out of it, then shave from my chin to my ear and with each stroke I would go farther down. I found that if you pull hard enough you can get the skin to actually ramp up from your neck to your jawline, then it is prime for the blade. BBS


Take Care,
Richard

Originally Posted by smokelaw1

One spot on each side of my neck, where the hair grows sideway

By the way the piece under you ear below the jaw line? I would save that for touch up and put alum block just below my sideburns and stretch the heck out of it, then shave from my chin to my ear and with each stroke I would go farther down. I found that if you pull hard enough you can get the skin to actually ramp up from your neck to your jawline, then it is prime for the blade. BBS


Take Care,
Richard