Thread: Avoiding Nicks and Cuts

Originally Posted by whiskeypete

Yes. Keep trying. That's the nastiest part of the shave and it will take a lot of time adjusting to it. I'm shaving with a straight for nearly an year now and still having trouble getting BBS there. Here's a few tips I learned, but before you read please take into account I have an angular face, it may not work the same for a round plump one: stretch your neck as far as you can. Place a grip on the lower neck somewhere top keep the skin tight. If your prep involves a lotta hot water your skin will sweat and be slippery, I use a barber towel so my fingers won't lose the grip when the blade's on the skin. Next check the direction your hair's growing towards. Under he jaw bone the hair will not have the same growth direction as the whiskers or the chin. At least that's what mine does. To go ATG you will need to be extremely careful and watch out so the nose of the blade doesn't dig into your jaw bone. In my opinion ATG is the only way to get a very smooth shave there. I know there's a lot of guys opposing ATG on the grounds that WTG and XTG provide BBS just as well, but that comes after years of experience. Until then I strongly recommend ATG in the jaw-neck area.

On the other hand, BBS in that spot leads to irritation in my experience. I do not insist too much on it and if there's a little hair left it's barely noticeable, probably only your dance partner will see it if she looks really close. That's especially because the face curves inward and it's hidden from view.

Hope it helps.

I've really got to laugh here, sorry but I'm either dense or just don't know what these abbreviations and the meanings are, that you talk about, please number them and write a short word or two, what the hell your talking about please, not only for me, but all the other dense readers here as well, thanks so much, before hand to the definitions. TSMFATD WKW and ALH LOL