how do you guys shave the back of your heads?

• how do you guys shave the back of your heads? by qwerty99 on 04 Mar, 2015 11:16
• I've been shaving my head for years but always with two mirrors.  That is no longer an option for me and I just kind of wing it.  I prefer to rinse after every stroke and after I'm done there are so many missed spots back there; its very frustrating.  Any tips?  Thanks.
• #1 by SimplySly on 04 Mar, 2015 12:52
• I shave in the shower.  I have a mirror that I use to shave my neck and face around my beard and around my ears but the back I just shave by feel.  Razor in one hand and use the other to feel for un shaved areas and pull the skin tight.
• #2 by slybeard on 04 Mar, 2015 13:00
• Another shower shaver.  I go against the grain and follow the same pattern.  I first shave the top from front to back, then start on my left side and shaw upwards, al of the way arond to my right side.  I use the fell method to make sure I did not miss anything bau over time I usually do not.  I do have a shower mirror I use to make sure I don't cut my ears off or cut into my beard, but the back is totally by feel.
• #3 by Cave Dweller on 04 Mar, 2015 13:12
• Another shower shaver here. Like the two gentlemen before me, the shower mirror is used only the get around my goat and mustache. After that, it is finger tips to find whatever stubble my razor might miss.
  
  I shave against the grain starting at the base of the neck (where it meets my shoulders) and shave up in short swipes rinsing the blade off after every three or so. I often have to pull the skin taught from the top of my dome in order to get really smooth.
• #4 by baldOUfan on 04 Mar, 2015 13:12
• I still use a mirror
• #5 by reddog on 04 Mar, 2015 13:37
• When I shave, it is after shower in front of the mirror, but the back is just by feel, against the grain.
• #6 by Quiet_Dan on 04 Mar, 2015 14:18
• Like most of the others, in the shower by feel, though there gets less missed bits to find by feel as I become more acquainted with the back of my  head and the directions i need to go.
• #7 by tobler1 on 04 Mar, 2015 17:43
• I don't normally shave in the shower, but I also shave the back exclusively by feel.
• #8 by agentfortyseven on 04 Mar, 2015 19:46
• Yet another shower shaver......depending on how much time ive got to shave i can shave my head in the shower with the headblade by feel in around five minutes. Although yesterday the water got cold and I began to rush and earned an impressive line of cuts from each and every blade in the headblade   If i have more time i'll grab a DE and shave with a mirror.
• #9 by mrzed on 04 Mar, 2015 19:47
• Exclusively by feel.  But occasionally, I won't feel the soft hair way low in the back, and later in the day will realize that I missed some, so either do a touch up, or next day, make a point of going low enough to catch that hair, too.  My hair down that low is pretty blonde, so it does not show up, but I can feel it if I miss it for a few days.
  
  
• #10 by TheSlyBear on 04 Mar, 2015 20:49
• By feel.
• #11 by SlyMike on 05 Mar, 2015 00:45
• By feel, but I do get my wife to check too, as I am stil learning.
• #12 by Sir Harry on 05 Mar, 2015 08:25
• I do it by feel, but I check with a mirror afterwards. Lucky for me, my neck hair is thinning along with the horseshoe, so there isn't too much to miss anyway.
• #13 by nick2401 on 05 Mar, 2015 11:18
• I use the mirror for the edges of my beard then shave by feel. I hope in the shower after and the water really seems to find the missed spots when I run my hand over my head. I keep a second razor in the shower for thease spots.