With a straight razor there's an action referred to as a scythe cut i.e. where the heel of the blade travels less than the toe - which gives a much cleaner cut. I assume that J hooking with a DE achieves the same result.dodgy said:I won't comment on Charles or his schtick right now, but I gotta say j hooking is a handy part of my everyday shave. It's used on my neck every shave, and sometimes on my face if I feel like it. That circular cutting motion really cleans things up nicely for me, especially on a few tough neck areas. It hits the weirdly growing grain in ways my other passes don't quite cover.
Incidentally, even though i never knew that the term existed I naturally use this jhook when shaving with a DE ATG under the chin - so to say that someone invented it is like saying someone invented taking a cr*p to get rid of excess waste.