Three passes on the second shave ? Lynn advises dipping your foot in the water before you dive in, see the beginner's guide, "The first straight razor shave", here. If you feel like you're picking it up that quick go for it, but you might have less troublesome shaves if you do the sideburn, cheeks and get the rest with a DE or twin blade. Kind of ease into it. We get to practice every day, or every second or third day, and that ain't much really. A two day growth shaves easier for me than one day. I don't ever get three days of growth.