Stretching the skin

**Ryan82** · 10-04-2010, 11:54 PM

Dups,

You may want to cut back on the amount of Proraso pre/post that you are using. I've been using it as a preshave for 2 years straight (pun intended) and hand slippage has never been an issue for me. I generally use an amount smaller than an almond before lathering.

**Ryan82** · 10-05-2010, 12:19 AM

BTW - a special thanks to harpman for providing the creepiest pics I've laid eyes on in a while...

**Shoki** · 10-07-2010, 03:12 AM

My wife cut me out a 2" square of ShamWow. I hope it works. Looks like a giant Cheese It.

Update used it this morning... Worked Great!

**Firefighter2** · 10-14-2010, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by Shoki

I saw a guy on youtube that had a small piece (2" square) of terrycloth that he held in his off hand to stretch the skin. Looks like it works great. I am going to get some but until then i have been using a bit of TP to do the same thing. Maybe a couple of rubber fingers would do as well?
Cloth comes out at 53 seconds.
YouTube - Straight razor shave

--Shoki

**Pops!** · 10-14-2010, 01:31 AM

that's the guy from thesuperiorshave.. not only does he use both hands to hold the razor.. i generally don't notice people shave their neck before their face.. but whatever works..

**Dups** · 10-15-2010, 01:23 PM

I don't think I could use the two hand approach, but he seems to know what he's doing. Whatever works I guess.

**Shoki** · 10-15-2010, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Dups

I don't think I could use the two hand approach, but he seems to know what he's doing. Whatever works I guess.

Might be good for just under the nose?

**niftyshaving** · 10-15-2010, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by Dups

Hey guys,

Do you guys have a hard time moving down your face face and stretching your skin? I find that if I put on some pre-post proraso cream on, my skin gets super slippery and my hand just slides off. Anyone experiencing the same issue?

JF

Yes but I smooth my skin more than stretch it so a little lather does
not bother me even the slippery stuff like Proraso or Tabac.

I start by stretching (smoothing) my sideburns up by pulling from above in the hair.
As the razor removes lather I stretch from the clean bits.

Remember that you can stretch (smooth) by stretching skin
in front or behind the razor.

My old barber used to slide his thumb over the skin clearing lather
when trimming my neck or sides. In part this was to see better
but it makes the point that lather is not needed under the razor
as much as lather keeps the whiskers 'softened' for the razor.
He would lather, strop while lather rested then shave.

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