any of you shave using a few different razors within the same shaving session?
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Yes, but only if I find my blade is too dull to proceed with. Then I switch razors rather than change a wet, soapy and slippery blade. Less bloody that way, given my old and shaky fingers.
No
As mentioned earlier, only for two reasons: the SE/DE blade was dull or if I'm using a SR, I don't trust myself enough/don't have enough experience to clean up the area below my lower lip and between the moustache and top of my goatee (i.e., they aren't connected) because I don't want to lop any whiskers off that I want to keep or lop anything else off either.
I watched the video and I'm not quite sure what I'm seeing--basically he gives the guy a "Straight Razor" shave with a shavette (one pass), and then he goes over the guy's face again with an electric trimmer "so I can go more closer to the skin, so there is nothing left" basically he does a WTG Shavette and then ATG pass with an electric trimmer so no hair is left behind--the "barber" should have just used the electric trimmer in the first place and skipped the 5 minute lather routine... Not sure what the customer paid for, but I'd be a bit irritated if that's what I walked away with. He should have driven Route 66 and gotten a real Straight Razor shave from the Guardian Angel of Route 66:
I have 2 Rockwell 6Cs that I will load with two different blades to test against each other. My standard is using plate 5 in each razor. I shave one side of my face with each razor. The next day I will switch sides mainly because my neck growth is different on each side.
What I've learnt from studying this video is that the barber lathers for quite some time 5+ minutes, thereby really softening the stubble for a one pass wet shave and then using an electric razor for touch up. I tried it today and to my surprise got a very close shave. Interesting??
Interesting? To each there own, but nah, I don't see the point. Sorry, not for me, MMWV.
24 hours on, the stubble seems to have come through my face more uniformly?
I normally do a four-pass shave. Although I occasionally complete the entire shave with a single razor and blade, that is unusual, unless I am traveling.
I try to start my shave with an WTG pass using an efficient razor such as a straight razor or my Parker 25C open comb equipped with a sharp blade. If I am using a straight razor, the 2nd pass will be ATG using the straight. If I am using DE razors, the 2nd pass will be XTG using a Parker Variant, a Parker Semi-slant, or a Karve D-plate solid bar. The 3rd pass will usually be ATG using a Karve C-plate equipped with a very sharp blade. The 4th pass is a clean-up pass. I use buffing strokes in a combination of XTG and ATG using either a Van der Hagen/Weishi clone of the Superspeed TTO using one of my sharpest blades or my Schick Type L injector with Chinese Schick blades. I have found that this method allows me to get a super close shave with zero irritation as long as I use a high-quality soap.
I do admit that using multiple razors does make for a more cluttered sink counter. Fortunately, my wife has her own sink.
I try to start my shave with an WTG pass using an efficient razor such as a straight razor or my Parker 25C open comb equipped with a sharp blade. If I am using a straight razor, the 2nd pass will be ATG using the straight. If I am using DE razors, the 2nd pass will be XTG using a Parker Variant, a Parker Semi-slant, or a Karve D-plate solid bar. The 3rd pass will usually be ATG using a Karve C-plate equipped with a very sharp blade. The 4th pass is a clean-up pass. I use buffing strokes in a combination of XTG and ATG using either a Van der Hagen/Weishi clone of the Superspeed TTO using one of my sharpest blades or my Schick Type L injector with Chinese Schick blades. I have found that this method allows me to get a super close shave with zero irritation as long as I use a high-quality soap.
I do admit that using multiple razors does make for a more cluttered sink counter. Fortunately, my wife has her own sink.
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A closed comb razor is what I use for my regular shaves, but I use an open comb or shavette for the occasional reshaping of the partial beard and setting sideburns. Sometimes I'll use the open comb for the whole shave if I am going a lot of adjustment, but sometimes I'll shave with the closed comb, then just do the odd tweak with one of the others.
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even i was like why would be use a foil shaver after using a shavette lol
Guilty as charged - I use a SR or a shavette on the cheeks and neck wtg then use a semislant xtg and ATG afterwards. Must be BBS every time.... 
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Interesting, how comes you do that?Guilty as charged - I use a SR or a shavette on the cheeks and neck wtg then use a semislant xtg and ATG afterwards. Must be BBS every time....
Is it to use different things you got more often?
Just is what it is man.
Sort of, if I haven't shaved in a few days then I'll use the OC plate on my FaTip for the first pass so clear away the longer hairs then revert back to the Gentile plate for passes 2 and 3.
Not currently a super active thread, but The Daily Double is a good place to post your multi razor shaves: Thread 'The Daily Double' The Daily Double - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/the-daily-double.560134/
When using an AC Folding or AC Straight, I use a touchup razor to get the places (around my nose, mouth and chin) where my skills aren't quite up to speed.
When using an AC Folding or AC Straight, I use a touchup razor to get the places (around my nose, mouth and chin) where my skills aren't quite up to speed.
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