Thread: How long?

How long does it take you guys to go through you shaving routine? I now do 3 passes with a DE razor in the morning and I guess it takes about 5-10 minutes...I'll have to time it tomorrow. i'm sure it will be longer with a straight razor (still awaiting delivery) and probably much longer at first. I'm thinking of shaving in the evening to start, but wonder about the morning even after I get more experience, confidence and skill. With the shave and stropping, should I expect it to take a lot longer than a multi-pass DE shave?

Thanks,
Phaedris

I prefer the evening myself, I find it more relaxing after a days work. So from hot shower, a thin coat of lather ( pre- shave ) keeps things soft while I work more soap in the brush. Then lather up and shave. Then clean and dry everything. At the most 15 min

I prefer to shave when I have the most time, sometimes AM sometimes PM. A leisurely 3 to 4 pass shave with all the trimmings after a hot shower about half an hour.

I take my time on the weekends.

Weekdays in the morning before work, it takes twenty min for three passes with a straight. It's no frills, face lather, and git'er done.

After work. Lunch box away. Str8 to the shower for face warming and scrub. Pre-shave oil soak while showering.

Dry-n-dress and onto the shave. Warm towl, lather, 3 passes, wipe, post shave balm, warm towl set, then a cold towl to close. Aftershave if applicable.
30-45 min.

Then clean, strop and oil. Another 15-20 min.

So, an hour.

Most days 20 to 25 minutes to make lather, do 3 passes, and clean everything up.
When I started it took 45 minutes to an hour.
The time it takes decreases as you get more experience.

Usually takes me 30 minutes to lather up, 3-4 passes to BBS, rinse, alum block, and cleanup. If my whiskers weren't so coarse I could probably do it in 15-20 minutes.

Generally at night during the hours of crap t.v. Hot shower, three hot towels post shower, preshave oil or poraso preshave cream
Soap of the day, three razor pass. Nice and easy, calming time, little music. Post shave warm towel then cold towel, About 45 minutes of me time. Never a waste of time kind of a meditation.

I am just in my third week and so I still take my time and am a little slow, anywhere from 1/2 to a full hour. Sure I will get faster with experiance but it is time that I enjoy. Far more relaxing and rewarding experience than any other type of shaving.

12 minutes for a 3-pass DE shave.

25 minutes (add 3 mins if I haven't stropped the razor a day before) for a 3-pass straight shave with XTG touch-up on the jawline.


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