Thread: Trouble going ATG on parts of my neck... Suggestions?

Gentlemen,

So, after several weeks of entering this journey, I've found myself a little perplexed and getting slight razor burn on my neck, but only going ATG, and only in the valley between my trachea the sides of my neck.

After mapping my facial hair, the pattern is something like this:



I have a beard that traces my jaw line, covers my chin and a mustache as well. I really only shave my cheeks and neck. On my cheeks, the pattern is straight down, so no issues there. On my neck, however, on my trachea the pattern goes straight down, but tapers smaller the further down I go. Everywhere else, it begins to grow to the sides, as indicated by the green arrows in my (crude) drawing. The areas I'm really having an issue with are circled in red. I can go WTG and XTG just fine with no irritation, but going against the grain either results in razor burn or non-BBS shaves.

For the record, I'm using a Geneva Cutlery Co. straight, 4/8 extra hollow round tip.

One question I have is do you think that switching to a razor with a curved spine, like this one would help?



My reasoning is that the blade will fit the contour of that valley better, resulting in less pressure and less strokes.

Any thoughts, folks?