Maybe learning to Shave Against the Grain is a simple as PRACTICING.
Go slow & easy to learn the NEW SKILL.
To prevent cuts & nicks.
Go slow & easy to learn the NEW SKILL.
To prevent cuts & nicks.
How to shave against the grain (ATG) without getting nicks?
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I don't consider my beard exceptionally heavy, but, I look like a hobo if I skip two days. If I skip one, I just look like someone who needs a shave.
I can't even tell you what WTG, ATG, or XTG are since my beard grows in every imaginable direction. I abandoned "ATG" (for most, I assume this is South-North) because it yielded no closer shaves with more irritation.
My typical shave is North-South, two passes, rinsed and lathered each pass. My second pass isn't a true North-South, it is more of a narrow "V," starting at the top of an ear and moving toward the center of my jaw, performing parallel strokes down to my neck. When I'm on my neck, I stretch the skin to take care of my loose old man neck. I always buff my chin.
This gives me a DFS every day, which is good enough. If I need a BBS, I will add a third pass on my neck only, going from the center of my chin to the bottom middle of my neck, then adding the parallel strokes to complete; I then repeat on the other side. Essentially, my third pass results in an "X" below my jawline.
I can't even tell you what WTG, ATG, or XTG are since my beard grows in every imaginable direction. I abandoned "ATG" (for most, I assume this is South-North) because it yielded no closer shaves with more irritation.
My typical shave is North-South, two passes, rinsed and lathered each pass. My second pass isn't a true North-South, it is more of a narrow "V," starting at the top of an ear and moving toward the center of my jaw, performing parallel strokes down to my neck. When I'm on my neck, I stretch the skin to take care of my loose old man neck. I always buff my chin.
This gives me a DFS every day, which is good enough. If I need a BBS, I will add a third pass on my neck only, going from the center of my chin to the bottom middle of my neck, then adding the parallel strokes to complete; I then repeat on the other side. Essentially, my third pass results in an "X" below my jawline.
Too much or too little? Or is case by case and just something to figure out?
Oh my gosh, yes. I never shave without applying a slick lather. Each pass gets another application. Even if I do touch-ups, I put lather there.
