Techniques to straight razor shave under chin and neck area.

[aussie]

To get a close shave under my chin, I stretch that skin with thumb and index finger with and clean up pass after going ATG. I shave my neck as normal, but under the chin deserves extra attention since the skin there is much more loose.

 

[ajduplessis]

Anyone got any tips and tricks for shaving under the chin and neck area with a straight?

Ive always had an issue getting bbs under the chin area with a straight as i can shave upward against the grain.
The blade just wont go through the hair smoothly if i do the “up” movement from neck up to chin.




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Try using the heel of the blade on the chin especially ATG.

 

[ajduplessis]

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[LoveTheSlant]

Choke up on the blade a little and use a buffing motion. My grip for that area and direction...
(but there is usually more than one way to skin a cat.)

Important to adjust to the contour as you go, foreseeing the change needed. I think this is why buffing helps, letting you adjust in smaller increments.
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Thank you. I started recently with a shavette to test the waters. So far, this is the single best piece of advice I’ve seen, for me. What’s great about B&B is that while no advice will work for everyone, you will find advice that will help you.

 

[DrStrange]

It’s hard to describe but in addition to lifting the chin to stretch I also use my off hand to push the skin tight against my throat with my thumb and forefinger. Works well and you have to do it in sections. When I was 20 it was easy to just lift the chin but as The decades piled on the skin is little looser under my chin and needs a little more help getting it taut.


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To shave up ATG under the corner of my chin:
First, I shave my throat so that it will be clean
when it's time to use *my* off hand.
Then I suck my lower lip into my mouth
and close my mouth to clamp my lip in place.
Then I tilt my head back and look down my nose
at the mirror.
And *then* I put the thumb and index finger and middle finger
of my off hand on my Adam's apple
and the skin under my chin becomes tight enough to shave easily.