Straight razors and neck

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05-13-2012, 06:05 PM
Tylerbrycen

Straight razors and neck

I think god is giving me a sign that I shouldn't shave with a straight edge on my neck cause wow crazy neck burn I know it wasn't pressure or course it could have been the after shave
05-13-2012, 06:23 PM
ryanjewell

Come again? :)
05-13-2012, 06:34 PM
Tylerbrycen

There I fixed it
05-13-2012, 06:53 PM
Genoxite

The burn,The shave ,Or the post is fixed lol? I just look up and stretch the skin up as i shave down or look up and pull down as i shave up.
05-13-2012, 06:54 PM
Skippy

I shave my neck hair with a shavette. I shave my face with a straight razor.
05-13-2012, 08:03 PM
Thetalai

Is it your whole neck or the very bottom? Does the hair grow in different directions on your neck?
05-13-2012, 08:22 PM
Tylerbrycen

Yes sir the whole neck and my neck hair grows in crazy directions
05-13-2012, 08:29 PM
Thetalai

Try and do the first pass with the grain even if it means going in strange directions, then on the second pass go straight down the neck. I would also go with a quarter or half hollow and see how that goes.
05-13-2012, 08:33 PM
Tylerbrycen

I'll have to probly stop shaving with a de
05-13-2012, 08:43 PM
Thetalai

I thought you were using a straight! Ye ditch the de and get a straight!
05-13-2012, 08:52 PM
Tylerbrycen

I just love my de but I'll need to give them a rest for sure
05-18-2012, 01:10 AM
Yochatman

I actually do my first pass on my neck XTG stright up, because even with my sharpest razor it catches in the thick hair on the downward pass if I don't first do one upwards. I learned this after about 30 shaves, and always trying to go downward XTG on the first pass which happens to be WTG on my cheek. I have one blade that plows through it, but I think it's because it weighs like a pound! Now this is all with a straight, but it may translate.

For real though, try upwards with your DE first and see if it makes a difference.
05-20-2012, 10:29 PM
greasygreaser

Everyone's hair comes in funky on the throat. I have to go "ATG" then "WTG" to get any head way there (with a straight).
05-21-2012, 01:50 AM
CaliforniaCajun

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tylerbrycen

Yes sir the whole neck and my neck hair grows in crazy directions

My neck hair grows in several directions, too. The more you practice, the better you get. I've posted this video numerous times but note that he gets about all the angles. Over time, I was able to reach areas demonstrated I couldn't before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIM0Coix6Gg