I learned early on that it's best to shave with the grain, but I've recently started shaving with a shavette, and I've encountered a problem.
The hair on my face grows in an odd direction. It's fairly equal in grain direction on the cheeks, but when it hits the neck, it all flips horizontal and starts growing to the right. As in, if I were to grow a full beard, the whole thing would point towards the right instead of down, giving me a permanently windswept look. Not surprisingly, this happens to be the only reason I don't grow a beard.
This makes it hard to shave with the grain on my neck using a shavette (and one day, a straight razor). The blade is too long to match the curved geometry of my neck, and i invariably end up shaving perpendicular or diagonally across the grain.
What would you recommend I do?
The hair on my face grows in an odd direction. It's fairly equal in grain direction on the cheeks, but when it hits the neck, it all flips horizontal and starts growing to the right. As in, if I were to grow a full beard, the whole thing would point towards the right instead of down, giving me a permanently windswept look. Not surprisingly, this happens to be the only reason I don't grow a beard.
This makes it hard to shave with the grain on my neck using a shavette (and one day, a straight razor). The blade is too long to match the curved geometry of my neck, and i invariably end up shaving perpendicular or diagonally across the grain.
What would you recommend I do?