Quote Originally Posted by avatar1999 View Post
Here's a Q for the peanut gallery.

Just recently at school got taught how to do a neck shave after a haircut.

My question is this:

Any of you have any tips/tricks for edging around the ears?

We were taught "always lead with the toe of the razor" but I still feel a little cautious/hesitant to cut around the ear. Seems like an easy place to get cut...thoughts?
For what it's worth (and that's probably not much) when I was in the Army in the early 90s, I used to get my hair cut at John's Barber Shop just outside the Fort Monmouth NJ main gate. John was about 70 at the time, and had been cutting hair since he was a young man. Like everyone else, I'd wait in line for John because he was the best there was. John would always shave over the ears and down the neck line, and if I remember correctly, he did use the toe of the razor over the ears.

John was a great old guy with a heavy Italian accent (go figure, it was New Jersey). He gave the best haircuts I ever received. It was a sad day when he retired. A nice tight haircut, shaved neck and ears, a little Pinaud lilac vegetal, and I was a new man!

Cheers,

Larry