Thread: scything with opposite hand!!

There are no two of us whose beards grow the same way, so it is going to take many different individual techniques, to arrive at the desired result of a close smooth shave without irritation. Sometimes I wish my beard consisted of thin wispy hairs that are removed with one WTG pass, but unfortunately I am blessed with coarse wiry hairs that grow in all directions. It takes a combination of techniques to clear my daily growth, and every day is a learning experience, even after a few years with straights. For me, non dominant hand scything and judicious skin stretching is necessary to get BBS. I will say that I seldom nick myself anymore, and when I do it is extremely shallow. As for anatomical terms, I use those which are correct-saying that you use a "sickle stroke toward the windpipe" sounds just as ominous as scything toward the trachea! Wish I had a Dubl Duck Lifetime Grim Reaper to do it with