Thread: Under the nose - does size make a difference?

Not the size of the nose but the size of the blade. Would a 4/8 blade be easier there or doesn't it make a difference?

Personally, I do prefer my 4/8 under the nose. Anything larger and I tend to cut off my upper lip. I hate it when that happens.

A 4/8 would be easier to start with, but with experience it doesn't matter. I don't have a particularly large upper lip and I find the coup d'maitre just as easy to accomplish with a 4/8 as it is with an 8/8. It's practice, that's all.

Actually the size of the nose can make a difference but anything I can do with a 4/8 I can do with a 5/8. There's no room for an 8/8 under my honker

I've done the coup de maitre with a 4/8 and I've done it with a 10/8 and all of them in between. Haven't cut my upper lip yet..... knocking on wood. Then again, it depends on the nose, some guys are better off raising a mustache.

Durante's grandfather ?

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Durante's grandfather ?

Cyrano De Bergerac played by Joseph Fiennes . I should have thought of Durante.

I think Cyrano wins the "Schnozzola" contest

I am with Jimmy, I use everything I have under the nose. A very scant 4/8 to a very large c-mon blackie that is 9/8.

But I don't have a nose like the picture above. Once you learn the stroke under the nose I don't think the blade width will hinder you.

I think it's more a question of your technique and your nose. I can use an 8/8 to shave under my nose, but (I like to think) my shave technique is pretty good. I have a longish nose, but it goes straight out.

A smaller blade helps you get to your normal shaving angle at a point on your face closer to your nose than would be possible with a larger blade.