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Do you shave with two razors on a single shave?

I experimented using two or three razors quite extensively, but in the end I could not find sufficient benefit to bother with it.

Every face is different and responds to different things. If it works for you, do it.
 
I was wondering the same thing. I mainly use Croma blades and have two razors. I shave every other day and started using two razors a year or so ago. It works very well. With my Merkur 1904 open comb, I do a WTG and XTG pass which works very well for beard reduction.

Then with my gentle EJ 89, I do another XTG pass and then finally an ATG. If I were to do the last two passes with the Merkur, it would get bloody. If I did the first two passes with the EJ 89, it would not reduce the beard as much.

This combo works very well although I will likely get a Slant soon to mix things up.
 
I have a few areas that are difficult to get a close shave with some of my DE's, and will use my Atra or Trac II for them.
 
Many years ago, I used to do that.

I did my first pass (WTG) with a Trac II cartridge razor. And I did a second (ATG) pass with a DE razor (Gillette G2000).

Since then I've learned to use a DE razor properly, and I don't need the Trac II anymore to get a BBS shave. I still use the Trac II as a travel razor though.
 
I mainly use 2, sometimes 3. I use my R41 for the area under the sideburns, a slant for the first wtg pass, and a Future for the next xtg pass. I finish with the slant again on my neck; mainly atg. I find the Future (on 5.5) just can't cut through the thick stubble below the nose and chin. PS - I use Feather blades, except in the R41, where I use Personna Blue. The R41 is too much with a feather.
 
If i decide to shave with my DE Muhle R89 Grande (awesome awesome razor!!), instead of my G&F Straight Razor on a given day, i'll either use the straight or my Parker shavette just to get a straight line on my side burns. Not always though, i've now tweaked my DE skills so i can get straight lines with my DE, but i find it easier to shape facial hair with a straight. But in terms of the actual shave, i usually use 1 razor for the shave elements.
 
The only time I shave with two razors is when I want to do a head-to-head comparison of two razors (or blades, in which I'll use two identical razors and different blades).

--Bob
 
When learning I used my cartridge razor to clean up. Now that I'm comfortable with DE, I often use it to do my lip and chin area, as I learn to use a shavette, and eventually a straight.
 
I am learning to use a Feather AC SS so I will use it for the first and now second pass but need to touch up with one of my DE's.
 
Yes. I use a Schick Dial single edge to trim my mustache and then use my DE to shave the rest of my face. I tend to wear a pencil mustache, so the single edge helps me keep it neat.
 
Right now I am teaching myself to shave with a straight so I have been using 2 razors per shave. I'm using a Magic shavette and my Slim. I'm starting to get to the point that I don't need the Slim anymore, though.
 
I use my future for the entire wtg pass, and for my second atg pass except under my nose. It's just to big so I use my shavette for that area.

InNae
 

mswofford

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I use 1 razor (and 1 setting on an adjustable) for the entire shave and have done so for decades; I like the K.I.S.S. principle.
 
Each of my razors were different. And no one could do a job from beginning to the end. So my 1st pass was not much pleasurable with R41, I have not reached required closeness with EJ 89, I enjoyed smoothness of Gillette 2000 and dreamed about one single razor to get all the best of these three. Then I found Schavette. Potentially it could do that, but I feel there is a learning curve that I did not passed yet. And finally I found devette - DE razor without a base plate, i.e. without a comb or safe quard. I use EJ89 this way. And need no more razors, this way I get exactly what I want - I feel the blade, not the razor on my skin. It is not more dangerous than R41, I have never had any cuts this way and no more irritation. And I can think no more razor...
 
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