Thread: how many passes?

Originally Posted by Draggyn

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!

Is it sad that it makes perfect sense?

I almost always do only one pass; I haven't done more than one for AGES, though I used to do a second pass on my neck. Actually, the first pass in places is actually a ATG pass (jawline) with a sweeping motion, which works for me.

I've got quite a light beard growth; other than the beard thing (sort of a van dyke with a soul patch I think you'd call it) I couldn't actually grow a real beard...

One pass, with and across are part of the same pass and when I really like my lather, I treate myself to atg

I always do 2 passes with lather, and then touch up any missed spots with just water. 2 passes is all I need, and I won't leave the bathroom until it's BBS in all directions.

Originally Posted by Firefighter2

I always do 2 passes with lather, and then touch up any missed spots with just water. 2 passes is all I need, and I won't leave the bathroom until it's BBS in all directions.

how long does this take to creat lather to BBS?

About a half hour. If I'm short of time and would have to rush, I won't shave with a straight, I'll use a DE. The DE shave takes about 15-20 minutes.