Thread: Need some help with the initial start..

Monocles look distinguished.....

Seriously, I know you are starting out so this may seem slightly esoteric advice right now, but as time progresses you will find that you do not need to see to shave. I, and others, for example, shave my (our) head(s) with straights. It is done with feel at the back of the head. We have also had visually impaired and in one case I think a completely blind member successfully shave with a straight.

You are in the happy position that your "danger area" as it were is the sideburns where the arm of the glasses obstructs. This is probably one of the easier places to do things by feel (being careful of the ear of course). I'd advise in this early stage that you try to develop a strategy where the goal is to shave that area by feel (take the glasses off). Only that area because, of course, you can put the glasses back on for the rest. I'm not sure what that strategy might entail in its specifics, but taking it slowly and carefully would be some generic advice.

Good luck!

James.

Thanks Jimbo. Before I started I think I watched every video on youtube and read quite a bit even before putting blade to face. The other parts of the face are not terrible except my neck...the hair grows in like 20 directions but I can move around easier there. Plus the way my neck is contoured it seems like a big W. Starts with a hill on the outside, goes into a valley between outside and adams apple, makes another peak at the apple leading into another valley back to another peak...I can manage to get all that and not under a side burn....I can get the side burn cleaned with the XTG pass but just that initial WTG is the frustrated part...and it just seems to be the easiest part of the face...go figure that the difficult areas are somewhat easy for me while the easy spot is the hardest.

Anthony,

I was going to suggest the guillotine stroke which would give you a little more field of view on the sideburns and then try to explain it, lots of words. I remembered this video by Charlie, (spazola), shaving with his glasses and using that stroke. Hope it helps!!
Regards,
Howard


YouTube - Shaving with Small Non-Folding Razor