Thread: Shaved off moustache, have issues with upper lip.

I've taken the suggestion someone else posted, and that's to do the mustache area first, right after your preshave strop. The fresh blade, or maybe just the idea of the fresh blade, makes it work better for me.

Sounds like a good excuse for a new razor --Dovo makes a nice little 3/8 wedge that could be just the ticket!

Stupid upper lip anyway....phooey !

All very good suggestions and insights.
I will continue to practice, practice, practice. What a great idea!
I looked up the Dovo 3/8 wedge and that may just be another purchase in the future. I have heard razor acquisition disorder (RAD) can be an expensive and recurring chronic condition but I think I can learn to cope with it. Too bad there is no insurance plan for it. Just thinking out loud.

Can you tell me where you found this 3/8 wedgs ?There are so many place that sell different models.Is it a vintage or modern straight currently in production?

I found it at The Superior Shave. It is $90 and has an inox blade.
It appears to be brand new.

I have the same challenge ... the dreaded upper lip.

For me, I can go WTG all day long and not get a close shave.

Unless I am ok with a scruffy upper lip, I have to do a XTG pass or two.

XTG with light but deliberate strokes usually works.

ATG almost always gives me at least one weeper; usually two.

I like to use soap on the first WTG pass, and more water than soap on the XTG pass... just enough soap to get the skin slick.

Seems to work for me.

Yep, The Superior Shave is the only place I've seen that Dovo 3/8 wedge. Are we about to make it a rare collectable?

I wish the current modern manufacturers would make more half ground and wedges in 5/8 6/8. Not everyone is blessed with teen whiskers.

looks good but i wonder if 3/8 would be a problem i have a 4/8 filly awsome razor but very easy to let the angle get a bit high a wider blade you can see when the angle gets a little high a lot easier you could always buy a wedge from the classifieds here for about the same money is awfully tempting to buy the dovo though

I was wondering if these discussions could cause buying sprees on items discussed. This little Dovo may become scarce. I have spent so many $ the last couple of months on shaving gear that another hundred would probably get the wife going about budget, etc. I would bet that issue alone could get a whole new thread going.

Does seem the upper lip is a common concern. I can see a need, if the smaller wedges really do work on the upper lip, to use two razors for a shave. A smaller wedge for the lip and the 6/8 hollow or whatever larger size a guy likes on the rest of the face.

Would that be going too far with the shave???