Thread: Best shavette/ feather/ straight for neck hair that grows west to east?

Hi guys,

I'm realy enjoying DE shaving these days, and think I've settled on what works best. I'd like to go back to straights, but found the neck area to be too hard to shave because my hair growth is side to side.

Is there a straight, possibly shavette,youd suggest for this/ Any of you with the same issue? I've had good shaves on my face with a straight, but the neck gets irritation because its really hard to shav with the grain for the first pass. I thought maybe a shavette because of the shortness of the blade. I also wet shave for the financial aspects, so Id preffer to stay away from the Japanese straights....$$$

I'm more than happy shaving with a DE. Just thought I'd throw it out there.

Ryan

There are shorter blades (Dubl Duck Dwarf comes to mind) out there, but I just hold the razor at an angle so that it fits below my jawline. Pretty sure most of us have chaotic hair growth on the neck as well.

Thanks for the reply. So it can be done?

I say forget about WTG on your neck. Because my neck whiskers grow horizontally WTG isn't really practical (which sounds like your issue), so I will shave south to north, and then north to south, which is just two XTG passes in opposite directions. This provides as close to BBS as I want to achieve on a daily basis (very close, indeed) with no ill effects to my skin, and I do have sensitive skin. Try it and see if it works for you.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

I say forget about WTG on your neck. Because my neck whiskers grow horizontally WTG isn't really practical (which sounds like your issue), so I will shave south to north, and then north to south, which is just two XTG passes in opposite directions. This provides as close to BBS as I want to achieve on a daily basis (very close, indeed) with no ill effects to my skin, and I do have sensitive skin. Try it and see if it works for you.

Great Advice! While I go North to South then South to North it gives me a very close shave with no irritation!

I've also found that when I'm doing the lower part of the sideburns if I REALLY Stretch the skin up toward the ear, and shave from the bottom of the ear to the chin, I can get a pass 'under the jawline' and that area ends up with a three pass shave. The rest only gets the two pass and it'll hold for 24 hrs or so!

Keep On Stropping In the Free World!

I have a similar problem where the valley area of my neck is almost impossible to get bbs. But oh I try...

With a straight I can't get it, well at least I haven't come close yet. With a de it takes about four passes and some blade buffing to get it smooth and even then I usually leave some prickly spots.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Great Advice! While I go North to South then South to North it gives me a very close shave with no irritation!

Keep On Stropping In the Free World!

+3 I agree great advice. But remember it is all advice. Not the word of God. Listen and if it sounds good try it. If it hurts don't do it.

I have tried many things that I have read here. I have rejected many more than I use. I think they were all good advice or I wouldn't have tried them.

To many people think that if the majority of people do it one way that that is the only way.

Tim

Originally Posted by 32t

+3 I agree great advice. But remember it is all advice. Not the word of God. Listen and if it sounds good try it. If it hurts don't do it.

I have tried many things that I have read here. I have rejected many more than I use. I think they were all good advice or I wouldn't have tried them.

To many people think that if the majority of people do it one way that that is the only way.

Tim

Thanks Tim!

I should have included that I Do Not believe in a complete BBS Shave! I believe in a Close Comfortable Shave! If there is a little bit left to be felt, so what! I firmly believe that our ancestors really didn't worry if they were going to have a BBS shave, they were more into 'beard reduction/removal'!

Roy

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Thanks Tim!

I should have included that I Do Not believe in a complete BBS Shave! I believe in a Close Comfortable Shave! If there is a little bit left to be felt, so what! I firmly believe that our ancestors really didn't worry if they were going to have a BBS shave, they were more into 'beard reduction/removal'!

Roy

Thanks guys. I'll go back to a xtg on the neck, and see how it goes.

Ryan