A Shave Poll

[Optionyout]

I'm always looking for a better shave so when I look throughout the site I'm always trying to find others with like facial hair. Opinions are what this place is made of but it's all in the details. So, I propose for those who want to partake in a poll to bring out those details although I think it should be in every signature.
1) beard type; thin, regular, thick and straight or curly
2) preshave; wash face first?, cold or warm water with shave, preshave oil or cream.
3)shaver and razor and brush
4)soap or cream, bowl or face lather and what you use most
5) number if passes and what directions
6) post shave routine; alum, witch hazel, balm, splash, etc.

I'll go first.
1) thick/coarse, curly
2) shower and wash face first, preshave oil and cold water shave
3) slant, astra, shavemac 301
4) proraso cream lathered in bowl
5) two passes, wtg and xtg
6) alum then a cold rinse, baby oil

 

[Coda_]

1) regular, coarse
2) after shower shave (wash face, hair conditioner soak, hot water rinse) kyles prep after that
3) Weishi SS clone, Dorco blades, VDH Boar Brush
4) Williams Shave Soap
5) 1 each of WTG, XTG, WTG, then a touch up pass using the J-Hook technique, and a final buff for any rough spots
6) hot water rinse, a/s balm, clean up the brush/bowl/razor, cold water rinse, a/e balm again

 

[ackvil]

1) beard type: Thick and curly.
2) preshave; wash face first followed by cool or warm water shave. I use T&H pre-shave oil if I am doing a cool water shave and Proraso pre-post if I am doing a warm water shave., cold or warm water with shave, preshave oil or cream.
3)I use a FB, slim and two Mergresses razors.
4)soap or cream: I change every day but usually use an uberlather.
5) number if passes: 4 pass shave in WTG, XTG (two directions) and ATG.
6) post shave routine: warm water to remove excess lather, followed by cool water and then WH. Shower and then AS balm.

 

[beginish]

1. Beard Type: Regular, coarse
2. Preshave: Hot shower, spend at least 1 min face lathering or applying lather with brush
3. Razor, blade, brush: Mergress or EJ DE89L, primarily; Black 7 O'Clocks & Shark Super Chromes; Brushes, too many to count, but I prefer my Simpson 57 in Best
4. Soap or cream: one at a time until finished, currently Cade soap, MWF next
5. N-S, S-N, ATG
6. WWR, CWR, pat dry, AS balm

 

[Captain H]

1. Beard is average coarseness
2. Rinse with hot/warm water
3. Face lather with an EverReady 150 boar brush and VDH Delux soap
4. Shave using my Edwin Jagger DE89L with a Wal Mart Wilkinson Sword blade. Two pass WTG then XTG
5. Rinse with Hot/warm water then rinse with cold water
6. Dry face then apply Pinaub Clubman or Avon Wild country aftershave

 

[ki11ak3nn]

1. Beard is thick and curly
2. Shower first (wash, scrub, and condition) then pre-shave oil
3. Progress, Derby, AOS Fine Brush
4. AOS Sandalwood Cream
5. 3 passes, WTG, XTG, ATG
6. Cold water splash, Alum, then Shave lotion (balm)

 

[GDCarrington]

1) Beard type; Thick mix of straight and curly (more straight)
2) Preshave; Shower and wash face.
3) Razor DE/Injector - Face
Trac II/Atra - Head
Brush Tweezerman
4) Cream primarily (Wars or C/O Bigelow)
5) Number if passes 3
Directions WTG / ATG / ATG
6) Post shave routine
Witch Hazel
Balm
A/S or Cologne

 

[Greybeard]

1. Beard type: Regular, straight, 100% wiry grey whiskers.
2. Pre-shave: Hot shower. Occasionally cream rinse on the beard.
3. Razor: 90% of the time one of 2 dozen straights. Otherwise one of a dozen DE's. Usually a Gillette Big Boy New Deluxe with a Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge.
Rotation of 12 brushes. Most often a Rooney Finest 1/1 or Saville Row 3118.
4. 75% of the time soap, 25% cream, chosen by whim. 95% face lather. Moss or Becker scuttle.
5. Warm water shave. 3 passes (WTG, XTG, ATG) and any needed touch ups.
6. Warm water rinse, witch hazel, clean up, sometimes a cold water rinse, AS splash or AS balm chosen by impulse.

 

[mr. s]

1)thick and curly beard
2)Preshave shower, proraso pre/post shave cream
3)Slim adjustable is my go to, with a shark. 2 band badger brush is my favourite.
4)valobra almond soap (although I have several) in a warm scuttle
5) 4 passes plus touch up
6) cold rinse, witch hazel or alcohol splash, ASB

You have been a member far longer than I, but do you always shoot for a 2 pass shave? I really love the full 4 passes. With my thick beard, I find it makes all the difference.

 

[Muscles]

1) Coarse & curly
2) Warm rinse, proraso or prep, warm towel 30 sec's
3) Straight of choice, brush of choice
4) 70/30 soap/cream, 60/40 bowl/face
5) WTG, XTG, ATG & touch-up
6) Warm rinse, cold rinse, aftershave

 

[_dadgad]

1) thin to regular, straight
2) wash face in shower.
3) unknown badger brush, Dovo best quality
4) soap, Col Conk Almond
5) 2, wtg & atg
6) rinse warm, then cold, styptic if needed, balm, A/S

 

[BWagner]

1) thick/coarse, curly
2) shower and wash face first, preshave oil and cold water shave
3) slant, astra, shavemac 301
4) proraso cream lathered in bowl
5) two passes, wtg and xtg
6) alum then a cold rinse, baby oil

1) normal, curly
2) shower and wash face; warm/cool water shave
3) long handle Mergress, Astra SP/Derby, Semogue 1305/Shavemac 177
4) MWF/Cella/P.160/Acca Kappa 1869, face lather
5) WTG, XTG, ATG, touch-ups
6) warm/cool rinse, Neutrogena Sensitive Skin Shave Balm

 

[AlanL]

1) beard: dark hair, probably a bit thinner than average.
2) preshave: wash face with soap and warm water.
3) DE: R41 or Super Adjustable, 24mm badger brush
4) VDH lather in large mug
5) 3 passes: WTG, XTG, AGT
6) post shave: rinse with cold water.

 

[kingfisher]

1) Beard: coarse, thick; about 50% gray hairs, which are even stiffer
2) shower first; splash of lukewarm water
3) Slim adjustable with Feather, Kai, or Astra; or Trac II/Atra; boar brushes (Omega, Semogue)
4) 90% soaps; many in the rotation (MB, TGQ, C&S, PS, etc)
5) two passes: WTG, XTG. Then touch-up/clean-ups, especially around the chin area
6) WWR, CWR, Saint Charles Shave AS milk. In the winter I add a moisurizer about 5 minutes later (currently using Cetaphil plus one or two drops of jojoba oil)

 

[PozzSka]

1) regular, straight (gets curly when beard length is over 1/2" or so)
2) Shower, wash face, pat dry, pre-shave oil (homemade)
3) Merkur33c or one of 5 vintage gillettes, prefer AstraSP or Gillette 7O'Clock yellows
4) mostly soaps (TOBS, MB, EJ, Speick stick (face lathered) and QCS cream, scuttle lathered,
5) 2-4, WTG, XTG, XTG, ATG (3rd and 4th optional depending on time/smoothness/irritation)
6) Cold water splash, alum (if necessary), witch hazel, balm or splash (depending on dryness of skin, cologne

 

[binowatch]

Regular/straight/cut close and very shaped. Shower, leave wet, bathrobe. You name it-DE, SE, Injectors, on weekends trying out straights. Mostly creams, some soaps, face lather now 100% of time. 2-3 WTG and either AGT or XTG, touch up as needed (still need to use DE to touch up after straights). Warm rinse, alum block or witch hazel or Porter's AS. Then finish drying off, then cold rinse, pat dry, balm, cologne on chest.

 

[krup327]

1) beard type:Thin to regular, straight
2) preshave: Hot shower, warm water with shave, no pre-shave products applied
3)shaver/ brush: Merkur HD (currently working thru blade sampler), tweezerman badger brush
4) Col. Conk Bay Rum or Van Der Hagen Deluxe soaps lathered in bowl
5) number if passes: 3 (WTG, XTG, ATG)
6) post shave routine: witch hazel then Neutrogena post shave lotion

FYI- If you want an easy way to compile the results of a survey, type "survey monkey" into google and it will take you to a website where you can send out a free basic survey.

Enjoy.

 

[Slivovitz]

1) beard type; thin, regular, thick and straight or curly
2) preshave; wash face first?, cold or warm water with shave, preshave oil or cream.
3)shaver and razor and brush
4)soap or cream, bowl or face lather and what you use most
5) number if passes and what directions
6) post shave routine; alum, witch hazel, balm, splash, etc.

1. Thick[ish] straight
2. Preshave, hot shower or hot water rinse.
3. Big rotation, but favorites are injector razors and Omega boar brushes.
4. Various soaps with face lathering.
5. Two complete passes, at least, WTG, ATG, with some XTG touchup.
6. Cold water rinse. No other aftershaves.

 

[Patrik]

1) beard type: thick and straight
2) preshave: wash face (mostly warm these days, but I'm also a big fan of cold water shaving) with Gillette or Nivea facial cleanser
3) razor depends on my mood; I tend to use my DE's most often; my Schick Krona and Fatboy feature heavily in my rotation. Blade the same, my go-to DE blades are Gillette Platinums. I've only been using my Balea brush lately
4) soap or cream: mostly my Palmolive and Tabac sticks and Godrej Deluxe Lather and Nivea creams. I only face-lather
5) Two passes: either 2 x WTG (where the second pass is more of a Gillette Slide) or WTG + XTG. that's what I do on my cheeks anyway - I do WTG+ATG on my neck and jawline and upper and lower lip. When I'm in a hurry, or if my skin feels a bit sensitive, I just do one WTG/Gillette Slide pass everywhere except my neck, where I go ATG. I don't usually need to do much touching up. Results range from SAS to DFS bordering on BBS. I've learned that more than two passes is overkill for my face.
6) post-shave routine: a cold-water rinse, followed by Old Spice, Clubman, or Brut splash, very occasional use of the alum block before the splash.

 

[shaveiam]

1)Regular, Straight
2)Hot shower, Face wash
3)Merker 38C, Feather blade, Savile Row 3722
4)Cream, AOS Sandlewood, Bowl Lather
5)3 passes, WTG, XTG, XTG, Touch up
6)Warm water rinse, Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel, Pre de Provence ASB