Where does your shave start?

So, when you shave, where do you start your shave?

This post was inspired by an offsite thread I saw today on the Adequate Man sub-forum of Deadspin;

https://adequateman.deadspin.com/where-do-you-start-shaving-your-face-first-1819609892

I start my shave at the sideburn area, just below my "temples" as the nomenclature is named from

https://www.readers.com/blog/glasses/eyeglass-frame-diagram/

Then I continue on with my shave, but I do find myself agreeing with the shave experience of the response of Drew Magary... What say y'all?

I have always started at the temples, but I do not know why/when/who... What about you?

 

I don't really know how or why I developed the routine I have, but it hasn't changed much over the past few years. It only takes a few minutes and yields good results.

Pass 1 - I always start at the base of my neck in the center and go up to the jawline. Then I start at my side burn and work towards the center and finish with under the nose.

Pass 2 - I start at the jawline near the ear and do a south to north and work towards the center. From there, I go N to S on the neck then finish with the mustache area.

 

Base of my right sideburn.

 

above the jawline

 

For me it starts at the jawline and proceeds down the neck on my right side. Why? I don't know. I started that when I was a teenager and have not bothered to change the routine.

 

Base of my neck, usually on the driver’s side.
Once in a while I’ll start at the sideburn but not very often.

 

Same here.

 

Left temple.

 

Yep. Me too.

 

High on left cheekbone.

 

So you start with an ATG pass?

 

Is this WTG? This is what I do... Right side, WTG, north to south.

 

I have been doing one pass S to N for a little while now so I start at the base of my neck on my right side.

Cool discussion Jeffro.

 

With a straight I start high on my right cheekbone.... with a DE or SE I start high on my left cheekbone.

 

Base of the left sideburn. I'm left handed, so yeah...

 

I start South to North on my neck. My neck hair mostly grows from the center towards my ears so it is more of a XTG pass. Same with the second pass (N-S) on the neck. A few years ago I tried both WTG and ATG passes from Center to Ears and vice versa. It was really awkward so I stick with this. More than 2 passes total and I start to get some irritation.

 

Same here.

 

Same here.


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Right ankle.