Thread: Why 2 or 3 passes?

I think if it in the same way as mowing the lawn, you go one way and the lie of the grass means some blades are missed. You go across and still some are missed so you do a final pass opposite to the original and the jobs done.

The same goes for my beard. If you can go it in one pass I think you must be one of the lucky ones with nice, uniform hair growth in the same direction. Mine is all swirls and whirls.

It's acknowledged that ATG gets you closest shave but most of us cannot say we have done a true ATG pass as our hair is not that well behaved. Three passes ATG, WTG and XTG will get even the most bizarrely angled hair.

Just my two pennorth

Simon

Does anyone subscribe to this theory.
A straight is not always sharp enough to cut the hair as soon as it meets it
It may slide along the length of the hair before it bites into it.
If you shave WTG XTG then ATG it will gradually reduce the density and average length of the hairs as it slides and catches each one.
If you jump straight to ATG the blade may slide right up the hair and into the skin, causing the burn we experience.
Just a possible theory I was thinking about.