Vote: How many passes is your typical shave?
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My beard grows in all sorts of crazy directions, so I'll do the closest thing I can come to WTG, XTG and ATG passes, followed by touch up that gets as many of those crazy swirls as I can.
3 passes.
1st with a shavette, cheeks and my neck. Under my nose and underlip is not yet a succes (still learning / practicing)
2nd and 3rd with a safety razor
1st with a shavette, cheeks and my neck. Under my nose and underlip is not yet a succes (still learning / practicing)
2nd and 3rd with a safety razor
Since I retired, I'm thinking I do about a half pass daily....
I guess I do 1 and a half, with the grain then I hit the chin again afterwards.
Two if i'm going for a stubble free feel, with then across the grain.
Two if i'm going for a stubble free feel, with then across the grain.
My perfect shave is 4 passes with a straight. Every pass less I do leaves it a little worse.
3.30.2020.
2 1/2 passes. 1: n/s; 1 ears to goatee; 1/2 below the jaw line, neck. YMMV.
2 1/2 passes. 1: n/s; 1 ears to goatee; 1/2 below the jaw line, neck. YMMV.
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
I say 3 but my first pass can be somewhat undisciplined in that i go down and also to the side.
I've got what I call "cow licks" in my beard too.
I tried to grow a real beard, once.
Guess what I looked like?
Ever see any movies about Jesus? There's always at least one disciple
The Rhody Sliding Glide?
For a DE razor it’s 2 passes everyday, if I did 3 my face would always react badly with razor burn. Lately since I have been home because of NJ and NY rules and working from home I have been using my straight razors a lot. With my straights it’s 3 pass always and I get zero irritation unless a blade is dull and needs a hone.
Larry
Larry
During the workweek, on days that I shave I'll typically do just one pass. That gets me to DFS, which I'm happy with. On weekends when (if) I have more time, I'll sometimes do two passes just for the joy of it, and that will get me as close as I care to get to BBS. Any closer and I start getting road rash.
S-N pass, N-S pass, ATG/UK flag touch up/buff on the whorls
I used to do three. that pretty much got everything if I went in different directions. With a bit of care I could get 90% there with just two. Ok, I do a bit more touch up so maybe it’s almost 2 1/2.
I do 3.. w, x and atg.. question for the group though... that atg on the upper lip is always a little nerve wracking... anyone else or do you just get by with 2 passes?
Using a DE razor I will do a 3 pass shave. With a cartridge razor I will do a 2 pass shave. Sometimes I might go back and do a little buffing if I feel I missed a bit when I rinse my face.
Three passes every time, every time. I tried a slant years ago, still needed three to get my required BBS but got a weepers more often so what was the point?
( here I enter my standard reference to vintage blades ) but when I was using modern blades there was always touch ups to do for that BBS. I got pretty good at things like buffing, the Gillette slide and others. Since I went vintage blades only its three passes and BBS, no touch ups needed ever.
( here I enter my standard reference to vintage blades ) but when I was using modern blades there was always touch ups to do for that BBS. I got pretty good at things like buffing, the Gillette slide and others. Since I went vintage blades only its three passes and BBS, no touch ups needed ever.
I've started using a Yaqi Flipside Dual Comb Head for that very reason. The open comb side is milder than the R89/DE89 scalloped side and enables me to go ATG on my upper lip without inducing weepers, providing I'm using a moderately mild razor blade
Typical three pass for me everyday with a touch-up.
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