Thread: How often do you shave?

Once a day, everyday. I had trouble doing this at the start but getting my technique dialed in let me do it everyday.

Originally Posted by Gags1892

WOW. I'm truly shocked that NONE of you get irritation at all by shaving every day!

I guess my skin is just really sensitive? I would say I have to keep shavings to at least 4 days apart. AT LEAST lol I tried shaving one time one day after another a while ago, but I couldn't even finish because the irritation was beyond belief

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Originally Posted by Gags1892

WOW. I'm truly shocked that NONE of you get irritation at all by shaving every day!

I guess my skin is just really sensitive? I would say I have to keep shavings to at least 4 days apart. AT LEAST lol I tried shaving one time one day after another a while ago, but I couldn't even finish because the irritation was beyond belief

You guys getting razor burn. Prep is the key.


This is what I do for a shaving routine. I shower, dry off except my beard. I place my brush in the lather bowl in the sink, start running hot water into the bowl, and let the sink fill up. As the water is filling the sink, I massage in a few drops of pre-shave oil. I then build my lather, lather my face, and then place my lather bowl in the sink full of hot water on top of my scuttle. I then prep my razor. After prepping my razor, I then transfer the warm lather to the warm scuttle and relather. Then I shave. After I shave each quadrant of my face, I relather my whole face. I only need two full pass for a very good shave. After the shave, I rinse the blade in running hot water dry and place in my razor mug not fully closed so it can dry all day. I then rinse out the brush and scuttle. I switch the water to cold, rinse my face, leave it wet and then run an alum block all over the shave area. I let my face air dry as I do deodorant and topknot. By the time I'm done with that my face is dry and I apply after-shave then if feel like it, a cologne mist. Viola, this takes me no longer then ten or twelve minutes. Plus or minus a minute for admiring my shave.

I do not experience razor burn at all and I shave everyday. I can do the shave in two passes, I have very sharp razors.

Originally Posted by Gags1892

WOW. I'm truly shocked that NONE of you get irritation at all by shaving every day!

I guess my skin is just really sensitive? I would say I have to keep shavings to at least 4 days apart. AT LEAST lol I tried shaving one time one day after another a while ago, but I couldn't even finish because the irritation was beyond belief

I make sure that my blade is at it's sharpest, use no pressure (let the weight of the blade do the work) and use the thickest of lather to protect my face from any mistakes I may make. This morning I was pretty aggressive on the mustache area and was suprised (relieved) that I didn't get razor burn. I attribute this to whipping up the thickest of lather. Dont be afraid to splurge on the finest soaps and creams. They pay for themselves over again by protecting and lubricating your face. Also avoid alcohol based sftershaves until you get a good shaving technique. There are many great and masculine smelling shaving balms out there that will help combat razor irritation. My .02 cents.
Ernest

Every day...

- Scott

Well i try to shave no more than once a day, 3 passes... often i skip a Saturday, but it is frowned upon.
that much irritation sounds bad... tell us about your razor and your prep...

I have to shave every day. On the weekends, EVERY NOW AND THEN...when I'm not leaving my house, I wont shave, usually for Sat only. I really enjoy that shave on Sunday before Church due to the day's growth. I have gotten irritation, but usually when I shave my face a number of times in a day testing razors, or when I'm rushed and push too hard. 95% of the time though, I dont have any problems. I may shave at night on Mon and then shave again on Wednesday morning. So I guess you could say thats every day and a half...

Every other day usually, though more often when I have time.

Pretty much everyday with 3 passes. If I get any irritation (rarely now), then the next day I will do just two passes. I occasionally skip a day if I am just doing boat work all day.

Originally Posted by syslight

Well i try to shave no more than once a day, 3 passes... often i skip a Saturday, but it is frowned upon.
that much irritation sounds bad... tell us about your razor and your prep...

Keep in mind I'm a noob (3 weeks or so?) to the straight razor shaving world. Up until 2 weeks ago, I've been using a double-blade razor, because I've also found when I used to use anything more than 2 blades, I would get razor bumps and burn ALL over my neck (sensitive skin again!) I really only shave once every week or so, but I would like to start doing it once every few days/

Also, I'm not using a "legitimate" straight yet, I'm using the ones most barber shops use, where you can change the razor blade (disposable), but I change blades after every shave to keep them sharp. I haven't ordered my razor and strop off vintagebladesllc.com, but I plan to this week.

-Take a shower
-Dry off everything but my face and neck; run my badger brush under hot water, and make a nice lather in my mug and apply it to my face and neck
-Shave, one pass only since I just started. The first time I did my neck, which was last week, I had VERY bad razor burn, which speaks for the amount of pressure I use! I need to focus on not using any pressure, and get my angles down.
-Cold water rinse on my face post-shave
-Apply Nivea for Men Sensitive Skin After Shave Balm