Thread: how many passes?

If I don't cut my face in the first pass, I usually try once or twice more...

For me, a single pass WTG shave is better than I'd get with the Sensor XL cartridges I used to inflict on myself. It looks perfectly good too. I could stop there and be happy enough with the result. My second pass is always ATG and that always results in a DFS. If I make a third pass XTG, it tends to be just under my neck/chin where my whiskers grow with a directional mind of their own. Preparation is everything. I can't even remember the last time I had razor burn.

2 passes, sometimes a partial 3rd on chin and under jaw. I find a diagonal path rather than true ATG works best for me.

Mine grows pretty thick on the chin and jaw line, and unfortunately it seems about six different directions, bit for daily shave I get by pretty well on one for the cheeks. On the jaw line it usually takes two, but the chin sometimes takes three. Stretching as much as you can is definitely key. And be careful not to mistake more pressure for stretching cause thats when thing get real uncomfortable real quick.

Originally Posted by petercp4e

3.5 passes
WTG, XTG, ATG
Cleanup pass : lower part of neck, detail work around stash and goatee.
Close to bbs daily.

Pete <:-}

Similar here; three passes (WTG, XTG, ATG), and and use the remaining lather for a final ATG touch-up along the jaw line in pursuit of that elusive daily BBS.


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Steal a newbie but for me 3 pass and few touch up on the chin and mouth area is more then enough. For me it's a great shave.

1 pass short strokes (scything on jaw bone), clean up XTG as I go if required DFS - BBS with a bit of a fiddle on the neck area. My aha moment was shaving for comfort and not BBS to develop technique. With slow growing thick hair I can usually shave every second day and get away with it unless going to a meeting. Touch up on Crox/Irox every 2nd to 3rd weekend (because I can & I like them uber shave ready) when the razors come home from work. A quick slap on the hone every six months or so seems to work with only two used in the rotation.

Normally 2 gets me to where I am smooth on all but a few trouble spots, those are not visible but can be felt.

If I desire a really close shave that I can't feel as well, then a 3rd pass in spots as needed.

Normally 2 plus minimum clean up on trouble spots does the job at Verrrry least its dfs

I have found that for me I am comfortable with 3 passes, Cheeks top to jaw with a stretch for the jawline, Nose to ear XTG, and ATG up along the neck up the cheeks. This gets me about 2 days between shaves and I love it already !!! Need to work the neck a bit more in my case.. The whiskers there appear to grow forwards making getting that really smooth a bit of an effort. the up or down strokes are not bad but if I sweep back from the front away towards the edge its can still be rough, If that makes sense LOL!