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• with or against the grain? by Paul the Headblader on 04 Dec, 2011 01:02
• hey.
  how do you prefer to shave your head? with or against the grain?
  I do like that:
  I start shaving from the top of my forehead (where the hairline begins) [ here I shave against the grain], and keep the blade on my scalp till the back of my head.
  how do you shave? with or against the grain?
• #1 by Laser Man on 04 Dec, 2011 07:20
• Against the grain - and across on a diagonal too.  With the grain doesn't get close enough for me.
• #2 by Slynito on 04 Dec, 2011 12:56
• Quote from: npsbg on 04 Dec, 2011 07:20

  Against the grain - and across on a diagonal too.  With the grain doesn't get close enough for me.
  

  
  I do the same both with my Panny and with cold steel...I like it slick enough to slide on barb wire.
  
   
• #3 by Paul the Headblader on 04 Dec, 2011 12:57
• Thanks.
  I'll try to do it all against the grain too
  
• #4 by Snakehandler on 04 Dec, 2011 13:32
• I buff with & against 👍😄
• #5 by Acme on 04 Dec, 2011 14:14
• I do like npsbg.  Going with the grain cuts almost nothing for me.
• #6 by devonlad on 04 Dec, 2011 14:23
• against here
• #7 by Arnie on 04 Dec, 2011 14:37
• I am very much against the grain!
• #8 by Sir Harry on 04 Dec, 2011 14:45
• With the grain for the first couple of months-against the grain everywhere except at the neckline for bump reasons since then.
• #9 by kalbo on 04 Dec, 2011 15:39
• If I have shave on my own, the first run is with the grain, then I would reapply shaving foam and shave against the grain, feeling every inch of my scalp for rough spots and run the razor over it until it is all smooth. Most of the time I have my my regular barber do the shaving for me using a straight razor. He stretches my scalp and shaves it really close and smooth. Just the way I like it.
• #10 by -Doug- on 04 Dec, 2011 18:04
• Against.
• #11 by tomgallagher on 04 Dec, 2011 19:19
• Against the grain.
• #12 by DCdome on 04 Dec, 2011 20:09
• against
• #13 by Razorhead on 04 Dec, 2011 20:20
• definitely against the grain. i do have some spots where i have to go in different directions to get it really smooth. eventually you figure out the direction of growth.
• #14 by zetaeffe on 04 Dec, 2011 20:20
• Against