Thread: Need Help Navigating My Clark Gable 'Stache

Having trouble with this one. So far, all I've managed to do is extract blood from my lip; only the 'stache looks far too cool and I refuse to part with it.

It's sort of like this (i.e., it's high 'n' tite with some lip skin below, instead of the 'stache reaching all the way down to my mouth):

http://www.hji.co.uk/blogs/pictures/Clark-Gable.jpg

Would a razor with a "Spanish point" help? Please help me keep my 'stache!

Thanks a million,



Derek

I wore a mustache for many years. I found a 4/8 was handy in getting around it. A square point in my case. I shaved it off finally just to have more to shave. The obsession with shaving became greater than with keeping the mustache ..... it was a hard call but once it was gone , no big thing.

Well, if you buy a big Wacker, you get a 3/8 one for free...

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

Well, if you buy a big Wacker, you get a 3/8 one for free...

I got an LOL out of that one ....

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I got an LOL out of that one ....

I was not joking: Damast Nr. 12.

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

I was not joking: Damast Nr. 12.

Wow, I'm sorely tempted. The spirit is willing but the wallet is weak.

I think Google Translator still needs a little fine-tuning:

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Originally Posted by Herr Wacker's site

Razor: "Wiener scraper"

Derek,

I think time and patience is the ultimate answer for this question. I have a goatee and mustache, and switched to straights from using vintage double edge razors. When I first switched to straights, I cut myself constantly trying to edge cleanly around my mustache and goatee.

After getting very comfortable with a straight in my hand from shaving, stropping, and honing over several months, I could easily pop individual hairs with a straight, it really started to feel like second nature to me. Oddly, when I switched back occasionally to a double edge because I was in a rush, the double edge felt awkward to me when trimming around my goatee and mustache!

You will work out your own puzzle of your face with time. But my particular method is (I'll describe the right side of my face here) is to twist my mouth over to the left side of my face, strongly. Using my left hand crossing over the right side of my face, I pull the razor near-vertical from my right ear to my mouth. When I get close to my goatee/'stache, I lay the razor almost flat on my face, and with very, very little pressure start to do a "blade buffing" motion, bringing the blade back and forth in a light, short flicking motion. I do this after wiping away most of my lather so I can see what I'm doing. This gives a near surgical edge to my goatee, love it.

Unlike you, I don't have skin showing under my 'stache. I would think a good square point or spike would work here. Twist your mouth to one side so your skin is taut, then laying the spike point just about flat and vertical on your face, I'd work from the bottom center of your upper lip gently out to the sides, using very, VERY light pressure. I'd suggest using an electric trimmer to generally shape the mustache in this area, then doing the shaving of your open skin patch with the straight.