Thread: Trouble with Neck

Originally Posted by dward

My beard grows in all sorts of directions in the neck area. That has led to some interesting techniques. One is that what works on one side of my neck doesn't work on the other. Prior to shaving, feel the whiskers around your neck and determine their directions.

+1 on this.
My whiskers, just below the jaw, where the jaw joins the neck, grow horizontally, rather than vertically, so I have a hard time getting it BBS there. If any one has any other suggestions, I may try some of the ones made here, not that I am trying to hijack the thread, I could just use some advice as well.
I will watch the videos recommended too.

Originally Posted by dannywonderful

Watching Jockeys videos sorted out the problems I was having shaving my neck. They're extremely helpful.

Could we get a link to those videos please?
Thanks

Originally Posted by rcardon

Could we get a link to those videos please?
Thanks

YouTube - jockeys41's Channel

There you go.

Well to tell you the truth I have the same problem. My neck is really concave so to speak and with some razors especially those with a smile I have no problems but with many other razors there is no way I can get BBS on my neck. Mind you I get a great shave there but just not the ultimate. I've tried everything, stretching, all kinds of angles. I don't worry about it anymore.

Thank you all for your great responses... I was really busy lately so I could not reply. I skipped shaving today and I will study the grain on my neck before I shave tomorrow.

I will definitely try to combine this advice together to try to improve this! I will let everyone know how it goes.

Thank you.

along with making sure you really are shaving with the grain hers is what helped me:

Some people here like olive oil for shaving, some don't. But what I do is make my first passes with shave soap lather. then rinse off and put some olive oil on my neck area. I stretch the skin and carefully shave it again in short strokes. Then I'll rub in more oil and do an XTG pass. Sometimes I don't even need to do ATG. Works really really good with my SE to.

The neck area under the greater chin area was my last area to get great BBS results. My third pass is all about finishing this area with the best angles and the pitch of the blade.

All I can advise is just practice and it will come to you over time with some effort. Each person is a little different and each straight blade behaves a little differently. I studied up on the SRP wiki and thought a lot about how I would improve on each shave until I finally got it correct.

Good Luck!

Pabster

Hi Everyone,

Thank you all for your replies. After reading the advice again and really trying to go WTG. I realized that the simpler N-to-S on my neck was the problem because of the way my neck hair grows.

Today's shave on the neck was much better. My razor glided down my windpipe very smoothly, but the sides of my windpipe need work since the hair grows out towards my ears. It is a bit hard to move the razor sideways.

Thanks Again!!!

Originally Posted by fatpanda

...but the sides of my windpipe need work since the hair grows out towards my ears. It is a bit hard to move the razor sideways.
Thanks Again!!!

You might first try skipping the WTG on that area, and instead going XTG from top of windpipe down towards shoulder at about 45 degrees. On the next lathering, go XTG from bottom of windpipe up towards the ear at about 45 degrees. If you think you still need to get closer, do two more XTG passes, reversing the direction of the strokes. Four passes on the neck can give you some burn, so don't do more than you need to. As usual, good prep and lather, sharp blade, light pressure, and low (15-30 degrees) angle will help.