Jawline Technique

[bryanfro]

I have been wetshaving for a few weeks now and I have just started to get a hang of things. I can get an excellent shave consistently except for underneath my jawline! My face is always a little rough there and I have had some trouble getting a closer shave. Does anyone have some tips or techniques that they find useful for their jawlines?

[DoubleE]

Bryan:

I place a wet wash cloth on my cheek and lift the skin up. This pulls the skin right below the jawline up and gives it more of a smooth surface where I can get at it a little better.

Also, pay attention to the direction the hair grows there. I have one patch that grows the different direction than the balance and I have to go at it with a different angle of attack.

[mark the shoeshine boy]

welcome aboard....

i usually do three or four passes....two n-s passes....then the s-n pass....and then a e-w pass....

I have that same stubble and here is what i do....i relather right at the jaw line and then scretch the skin right next to my ear and with short strokes shave e-w...moving down the jawline and repeating....

this should produce the results that you are looking for...

mark the shoeshine boy

[Jim]

Welcome Bryan!

The pull and stretch and going with the grain are both great tips that I also use but it was not until one of the gents told me about the Bullfrog that I was able to get that area as smooth as a piece of glass.

What the Bullfrog is-pull your chin down into your chest,then shave the areas that were under your jaw!
I know its counterintuitive but it works for me so who knows what will work for you, try everything!

[Bob Dobbs]

Thanks Jim-

I'll be trying the Bullfrog tomorrow!

[TimmyBoston]

For my jawline, I have to do horizonal passes from ear to nose. Diagaonals don't work for me, but they do work for others. But try the horizontals if all else fails.

[TimmyBoston]

I'll be trying the Bullfrog tomorrow!

I stumbled into the bullfrog myself. This is the first I've heard of it written. But it works well. But after I do it I do another pass, exactly like the bullfrog, but with my chin jutted out away from my chest. I find the combination of the two will get you a close shave in that area.

[tim8557]

Thanks Jim-

I'll be trying the Bullfrog tomorrow!

I'm trying the Bullfrog in about 10 mnutes, I gotta tell ya though, I hate the taste of flies

[Larry C in Texas]

I couldn't get any good jawline results with the bullfrog, so I tried inflating my mouth/cheeks with air and holding it while I shaved that area. It gives me a better area to shave and I get better results. Of course, on the neck area, it's useless. I have just decided there is no way to get a BBS shave on my neck, so I concentrate on not getting cuts or irritation. No one looks at that part anyway.

YMMV.