Thread: How long do you take to shave?

20 minutes WTG & XTG during the week, 30 minutes on the weekend WTG/XTG/ATG + some extra steps to the routine.

About 15 minutes.
stropping,
lathering,
shave with the grain,
lather,
shave against the grain,
rinse and cleanup,
done!!
Half an hour to 40 minutes if you include the shower.

by the way, "The Professional" is one of my favorite movies !!


Mark

I was beginning to wonder if my 45 minutes was the result of being new to using a straight or the result of impaired hand-eye coordination. (I could never hit a good curve ball, either.) Glad to see I'm not the only one taking a long time.

I suspect I'll improve with time, but the 15-minute shave will happen on the day I run a 4-minute mile--or grow a beard!

Larry

Originally Posted by LarryK

I was beginning to wonder if my 45 minutes was the result of being new to using a straight or the result of impaired hand-eye coordination. (I could never hit a good curve ball, either.) Glad to see I'm not the only one taking a long time.

I suspect I'll improve with time, but the 15-minute shave will happen on the day I run a 4-minute mile--or grow a beard!

Larry

When I first started 45 minutes was standard!

Depends a lot on how OCD I am that morning.

- Scott

I'm still new to using a straight. Because of the time factor, at first I only used the straight on weekends. Then, to give myself more practice and work on technique, I started shaving before bed. I'm now to the point that I can do a two pass shave with the straight in the morning. Normally takes me 40 minutes from filling the mug with hot water to soak the brush while I shower until I'm dressed and out the door walking to the truck. You really will become faster, and better. At first I never thought I would be able to use a straight during the week. Speed will come, but work on technique and get that down first.

I run about 15 min for a shave, not including shower time. I only save my cheeks though, so if I were doing a full shave probably would be about 20 or 30 minutes. Don't get in a big hurry tho, they can and do sneak up and bite.

I take 15 minuets. 1 pass across the grain on the face and one pass with the grain on the neck. I use this baby.

Mason

About 30 minutes including a shower. My normal routine (some would say ritual) is:

Shower, including washing my face
Hot towel
Lather
Strop 30/30
Re-lather
One Full face pass WTG
Rinse
Second pass XTG on jaw line and chin (difficult areas for me)

When I'm taking my time, about 10 minutes start to finish. If I'm in a big hurry, under 5 with a once-over. Then another minute to make sure my face is still attached


Scott