Thread: What's the trick?

I rarely try to get the whole blade on my neck. Try using just the toe half or heel half depending on the stroke and area. Also, I know my neck hair grows in 3 different directions depending on where I'm at. Right over my trachea grows down while the majority of the rest, except for the hollows which grow sideways, grows up.

Lately I've been reducing as much as I can with the straight without irritating it, then finishing up with my EJ Double Edge and Feather blade. Gives me a close shave and no irritation, but that's only if I need a close-shave for a special occasion, like dinner w/ SWMBO or a wedding. Otherwise, I'm pleasantly satisfied with reduction and no BBS, as long as there's no irritation. Why go BBS if it's only going to irritate the skin?

I use my free hand to stretch my neck, like a choke hold as low on the throat as possible then stretch the skin outwards between fingers and thumb, whilst turning my head to one side.

Originally Posted by easyace

I use my free hand to stretch my neck, like a choke hold as low on the throat as possible then stretch the skin outwards between fingers and thumb, whilst turning my head to one side.

Hello, Trucko1: The recommendation from easyace is excellent. That's the method I use to stretch the skin. Also, work on the razor's angle. Practice with a dull butter knife to get the blade against your neck, as well as to play with the blade angle. Jockey's video that Zapprannigan provided is an excellent teacher. View it thoroughly.

Aside from these, keep practicing. For now forget about getting a silky shave on the neck. Do the best you can. Also some of us will never get the neck smooth, and I can attest to that, especially since the stubble is on a permanent revolution.

I've found where the neck is concerned it's a compromise between comfort and performance. I can never get a BBS on my entire neck no matter hat I do. That's just a consequence of how my neck is and the hair growth. If I try too hard it just gets uncomfortable so I've gotten to a point where I do my usual routine which is one WTG and one XTG and call it quits. No it's not BBS however it's still a great shave.

The "trick" is to keep shaving! Four shaves is nothing really, you are barely starting.
I had "eureka" moments around my 6-7th shave, finding a good blade angle that made the razor glide way better, and then around three weeks in, suddenly realizing my shaves were surpassing my DE shaves with a mile, and I had figured out to get my neck and chin nicely shaved without irritation.

Thats a HUGE brush! Sorry, good vid. the choke hold stretch works for me to. Any way you can find to stretch the skin will help. It may look funny but puffing your neck out like a big ol bull frog helps to. My son laughs at me when he sees this and gets me going to. hard to shave with the giggles.

Thanks a lot you guys! As always SRP is full of friendly guys with great advise. I am going to keep on "plugging" away at it (no pun intended) I gotta say though, I am loving this and look forward to shaving more and more.