Thread: ATG a No-Go For My Neck

Originally Posted by Logistics

Since SRP likes accronyms I will make one up.
SRATGNI = Straight Razor Against The Grain Neck Irritation

Now that's funny. If any mods are reading please put this with the rest on the acronyms in the stickies section!

Originally Posted by Lynn

If the hair is growing up on the side of the adam's apple, have you tried really stretching the skin toward the side of the neck away from the adam's apple and then shaved it? Same on the other side. This really should work.

Lynn

Thanks Lynn. Some good advice here, I'll have to try these tricks out, but not too soon. I already look like a bum from not shaving for 4 days now and I don't to look like one again for the next 4 days following my upcoming shave

Honestly though I think the skin stretching might have been a factor in my irritation. I think my whiskers just got cut too close, probably below the skin. Some of the worst irritation I've ever had was from barbers shaving my neck ATG. Hopefully the above advice will help out, but I am a believer that ATG is just not for every shaver out there.

Originally Posted by fccexpert

It's a no-no for my entire face, it is also totally unecessary.

+1 for me, atleast at this point.
i dont need daily shaves, my skin tolerates with the grain ok, but ATG, pff. might as well burn the hairoff with a hot iron, same goes for any type of razor.

Originally Posted by fccexpert

It's a no-no for my entire face, it is also totally unecessary.

For you maybe.

Personally, I need to keep the razor FLAT. Also, short strokes are the order of the day here.

If you simply can't do it, then I might suggest you raise your WTG angle - I think shaving the neck is quite deceptive and you end up with a shallower angle than you think. Of course, I could be totally off base here, but that's the impression I get.

Originally Posted by gregs656

For you maybe.

Personally, I need to keep the razor FLAT. Also, short strokes are the order of the day here.

If you simply can't do it, then I might suggest you raise your WTG angle - I think shaving the neck is quite deceptive and you end up with a shallower angle than you think. Of course, I could be totally off base here, but that's the impression I get.

+1 on this, a totally flat angle ATG should help cut down on irritation also.

I wish I only needed to shave every few days, you guys are lucky. I look like Homer Simpson by 2PM even if I had a BBS shave at 8AM.

Not sure if this will help, but I find that I am ONLY able to get an ATG pass (albeit with short, light, gentle strokes) with my Robert Klass 11/16 Full Hollow. For some reason, the full hollow blade cuts through with less irritation. I also have a W&B (maybe /4 Hollow) and a Red Injun 101 which is pretty close if not full hollow -- it's just that the Klaas does a better job.

That's not to say that I don't wind up with some weepers at the end, but the result is a smooth-all-around BBS shave that is good to go after a swipe with the alum and a alcohol-based AS.

Hope this helps...

I used to have a problem but everything thats been mentioned is sound advice and works for me, I think different skin/hair types is a factor and requires some experimentation.
To many prep steps over egg the pudding for my skin, I've even got slight irritation just going through the steps with no shave???
I don't understand the logic of exfoliation as the shave does this anyway and I'd expect the dead skin cells to offer some protection?

Trumpers skin food is miracle stuff for my skin and sometimes an extra thick coating may helps if I think I've overdone things.

Regards

Originally Posted by Deckard

I used to have a problem but everything thats been mentioned is sound advice and works for me, I think different skin/hair types is a factor and requires some experimentation.
To many prep steps over egg the pudding for my skin, I've even got slight irritation just going through the steps with no shave???
I don't understand the logic of exfoliation as the shave does this anyway and I'd expect the dead skin cells to offer some protection?

Trumpers skin food is miracle stuff for my skin and sometimes an extra thick coating may helps if I think I've overdone things.

Regards

I'm exactly the same, I too have egg custard for skin. Piano wire for chin whiskers too! I focused too much on the shave prep and my skin turned to mush whilst the whiskers just laughed at my feeble attempts to weaken them! I have found that a few quick splashes of HOT water followed by a damn good lathering was much better. I think it takes the whiskers by surprise!

As for exfoliation, I do that with a carbon steel blade like a real man!

Originally Posted by Deckard

Trumpers skin food is miracle stuff for my skin and sometimes an extra thick coating may helps if I think I've overdone things.

Regards

I've been meaning to pick up some Skin Food as I've heard a lot about it. I know many members swear by it - maybe it will make a difference. I had a hell of a time finding it but I noticed that Rasage Poulin (here in Canada, Calgary to be exact) carries the Skin Food line at a good price.

Originally Posted by zib

I also use a Hot Towel before I lather, and again once I get the lather on my face. The only time I get irritated now is if my angle is too steep on the blade....

That's interesting. I get major irritation when I use a towel that's too hot. And by the way, do you lather up again after the second towel treatment or shave with the lather washed off?

I get this same issue. I'm only on my second shave so far, but the rest of my face is easy to shave and comes out smooth.

Just to the left and right of my Adam's apple, my hair grows directly toward my earlobes. WTG just doesn't cut it. XTG and ATG in that area are more or less impossible for me to pull off without feeling like I'm about to chop an artery.

I've got a pair of 4-5/8 full length near full hollow square points.

I get frustrated and keep trying, but the evil bumps and redness show up as a result.



Thanks for the sideways skin stretching idea Lynn, I'll give it a go in a couple days.

Maybe I should be on the lookout for a 2-3/8 round point stubby wedge...RAD is starting to ramp up.....