Ok so the prelims - my current setup is
Brush: a blended bristle kent brush that was given as a gift
Razor: Dovo Shavette
Blades: Dovo supplied blades with shavette
Cream: Real Shaving Co (moisturising) cream
My problem is shaving my neck; I just can't get a really close shave. The problem comes in the way my hair grows. The central section (chin to Adam's apple) grows downwards, although only the central 2 - 2 1/2 inches. Outside that it grows outwards from the apple. The Adam's apple itself grows out to either side. The jaw lines both grow from chin to ear.
This is making it exceedingly difficult to do an ATG shave. WTG and XTG I can mange fine, and this leaves it pretty close. But i'm struggling to actually get to a position to do ATG. Doing my jaw I can pull half the sking taught onto the face and shave it, but below that it just seems impossible to get an angle to do it properly. The Adam's apple is impossible; It may be that I'm not dexterous enough , but it seems a very strange stroke to be trying. Three passes leaves me raw, it's not specifically the ATG that does it. Much of this when I was always short on time (and too broke to get more shaving cream) I could do a single pass in the shower with nothing but the water to shave with, doing WTG on the face and ATG on the neck. No irritation. I have since got the new cream, and gone back to a proper routine.
Any advice?
Brush: a blended bristle kent brush that was given as a gift
Razor: Dovo Shavette
Blades: Dovo supplied blades with shavette
Cream: Real Shaving Co (moisturising) cream
My problem is shaving my neck; I just can't get a really close shave. The problem comes in the way my hair grows. The central section (chin to Adam's apple) grows downwards, although only the central 2 - 2 1/2 inches. Outside that it grows outwards from the apple. The Adam's apple itself grows out to either side. The jaw lines both grow from chin to ear.
This is making it exceedingly difficult to do an ATG shave. WTG and XTG I can mange fine, and this leaves it pretty close. But i'm struggling to actually get to a position to do ATG. Doing my jaw I can pull half the sking taught onto the face and shave it, but below that it just seems impossible to get an angle to do it properly. The Adam's apple is impossible; It may be that I'm not dexterous enough , but it seems a very strange stroke to be trying. Three passes leaves me raw, it's not specifically the ATG that does it. Much of this when I was always short on time (and too broke to get more shaving cream) I could do a single pass in the shower with nothing but the water to shave with, doing WTG on the face and ATG on the neck. No irritation. I have since got the new cream, and gone back to a proper routine.
Any advice?
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