wrong angle, maybe?

[jackfrost]

This post is concerning just my face, not my neck. I've mapped it all out and do my first pass WTG, second pass XTG. I read about other guys getting their shave 'close enough' with only 2 passes, but there is no way I can stop with just 2. Not that I'm trying for BBS, mind you, because I'm really not. But after 2 passes, I still have way too much growth on my face to be acceptable. And since I'm right-handed, the left side of my face has more stubble than the right. I can hear the whiskers being cut, so I know that they are truly being trimmed, but if I rub my face after 2 passes, it feels like I haven't hardly done a thing. Therefore, I'm forced into doing a 3rd pass, ATG diagonally chin-to-ear. This gets it close enough, but I would be happier if I could get away with a 2-pass shave. I've tried different angles and have also switched to a new brand of blades, but no luck.

Any thoughts?

 

[Leisureguy]

I cannot get a smooth shave in two passes. I always do a third pass, against the grain (light pressure, correct blade angle) and find no problems. If the first two passes don't reduce the stubble enough for an easy against-the-grain pass, I would do a third pass XTG the other direction (and in fact on my upper lip, I always do two XTG passes, one in each direction, so that the against-the-grain pass there will go smoothly).

 

[JimmyHAD]

Have you tried various blades? Perhaps a more aggressive razor.

Jimmy

 

[takehiro12]

Two passes won't do it for me either. I have to do a minimum of three, sometimes four or five on the chin area to get it really BBS. What razor and blades do you use?

 

[ZenBrayn]

I've found that the number of passes required to get a good shave can vary from day to day. When I first started shaving, I was attached to doing 3 passes since this is what I heard most from the message boards. Now however, I let me face tell me how many passes I need. Sometimes if my skin is feeling a bit irritated, I might only do 2 passes. Othertimes I do four or five to achieve BBS.

Also, there is no need to shave your entire face each pass if this is not necessary. On the later passes, I sometimes only shave my neck area. No sense in overshaving areas that are already done.

All the best,