Thread: Smooth on the cheeks, tugs and pulls on the mustache

My straights work just fine on the cheeks and neck, nice and smooth.
When I work on my mustache, the blade tugs and pulls.

Do I need to send my straights to be honed, adjust my angle, add more/less soap, improve my technique?
What do you think?

Good Evening,
I honestly would say it is not the razors. The mustache is a tough place to get a good angle and therefore you catch hair vs skin. I would recommend keep working at it and it should improve.

I find shaving the moustache area to be a lot like shaving the chin. You may have to stretch the skin a few different directions and use very short strokes

Could be technique, could be sharpness, or a combination of the two. IME if it is sharpness, or the lack of it, you wouldn't get a smooth shave on the neck even if you did alright on the cheeks. If the razors were pro honed to start with how long have you been using them since they were honed ? Might need a touch up or you might need to work on the coup de maitre. Mustache, knob of the chin and the hollows around my windpipe are the toughest spots for me.

The moustache area is a bit harder to deal with than the cheeks, so don't get discouraged as you learn to deal with it. Because it is a challenge for a lot of guys there have been a lot of question/answer posts dealing with it. Take a look at this search. It should help get you going in a more positive direction. The stroke most use is called the Coup de Maitre, which is generally a rolling stroke starting under the nose. As the blade moves down the blade angle also flattens out, which helps it cut rather thn scrape the whiskers.

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The mustache may be somewhat thick causing the blade to tug and pull....just a thought

The mustache area seems to be one that gives many a challenge. I used to get nasty burn/irritation trying to get it to the same bbs-ness as the rest of my face. I found that puffing my lip out (puffer fish style!) gave a good cushion and got my hair to stick out a bit more for better shaving. YMMV, but it made a vast improvement for me. I've seen some videos where guys come at it diagonally, rather than straight down as well. Keep playing with it, it will come eventually!

Moustache area is a challenge. Some of the thickest whiskers on the body, yet the skin is very thin and supple. Both technique and sharpness need to be up to snuff. Try curling your lips over your teeth to both stretch the skin and raise the hairs. Sometimes I still have to touch up at the corners with an electric trimmer.

Grow a mustache?

Problem solved.

Originally Posted by pz93c

Grow a mustache?

Problem solved.

Well, you know our main man Lynn does have a mustache. He just may be on to something. Not one of the sharper knives in the drawer, I do the Coup de Maitre thing every morning. I finally have gotten rid of the shakes from running that razor under my nose and straight into my upper lip.

Practice helps a bunch. Not to mention a soft touch. Here it's most important not to do the side glide with the blade.