Two passes off one lather? Who else does?

[DesertIguana]

My age is old like my beard, it’s been week of soap saving.

One lather and two passes, give DESIRED RESULTS, see no reason to relay her second time.

I use one of my VINTAGES, medium/mild razor.

Simple solution that works on my beard.

 

[Eben Stone]

Are you talking about loading the brush once and getting two passes? Or are you talking about only applying lather to your face once and shaving for two passes? If it's the first yeah I do that every shave. If it's the latter what soaps are you using?

 

[shave/brush]

I load my brush once and get 2 passes. I mostly use a Nivea shave stick or a puck such as Van der Hagen. My brush is a Muhle STF synthetic. Works great for me.








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[Halfbeard]

I do sometimes. Not on residual slickness. After stroke I drag lather back. After several strokes there is enough area to do second pass.

 

[NorthernSoul]

Only for small touch-ups. There is enough soap left on the face to add a bit of water and take care of those few spots. Otherwise, lather is pretty cheap so might as well use it.

 

[cranewarrior]

I usually only shave one pass, but I always have enough lather on my brush to do multiple passes, so I would re-lather again before taking a second shot.

But whatever works, works. Glad OP has found a time-saver that is practical for him.

 

[Hercule]

Sure, why not? If it works for you. I'm sure you know when it doesn't.

Most of the barbers that I've been to in my lifetime, when they shave the back of my neck and around the ears, apply lather then wipe it away before they take a straight razor to those areas.

 

[brucered]

Nope.

What would the benefits be over lathering up for a second pass?

 

[Dave himself]

I've never tried it and nor do I want to. I've always enough lather on my brush for a 2 pass shave + touch ups at least. But if its working for you that's fine .

 

[Merchant Seaman Z]

I do that. It’s useful if I do a second pass. Or mostly for touchups.

 

[gpjoe]

I lather for each pass (3x) and do touch up with water and residual slickness.

I've already loaded my brush, so why not use the lather?

 

[Tirvine]

I load once, lather, shave against, put a few drops of hot water on the already loaded brush, lather for across the grain, and do the same for against the grain. It took about five seconds of loading to start the process, and enough soap is left in the brush after the third pass that I probably could have done several more passes, but why, if it is already BBS. It is hard to save much more soap because if I load under than five seconds, the lather just isn't right.

 

[Brutus]

I never subscribed to the idea that there is a limit how often I can charge the brush during a shave.

Most of the time, I charge the brush for the first and second pass, sometimes there is enough left for the final touch-up, sometimes there isn’t and I charge the brush a third time.


My shave - my rules.


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[Brutus]

Nope.

What would the benefits be over lathering up for a second pass?

Hmmh…
Having a nice, well lubricating film on my face for the next pass maybe????

One should not underestimate how little lather is left after a well executed pass with a straight razor.



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[brucered]

Hmmh…
Having a nice, well lubricating film on my face for the next pass maybe????

One should not underestimate how little lather is left after a well executed pass with a straight razor.



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So that residual lubricating film on your face, is superior to a second application of lather?

 

[Brutus]

So that residual lubricating film on your face, is superior to a second application of lather?

To answer that, read a) the second phrase in the post you quoted or b) the post preceding that one, but re-reading your comment, I may have misread the “benefits … over lathering up for a second pass” (as in “benefits of” vs “benefits over”) in your post.

Note to myself: Never respond to another post when in a hurry.


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