Quote Originally Posted by poona View Post
The water mixes with the soap residue left on the face and creates a nice slippery surface for the blade to work on.

Exactly. There was only a little lather on the face after the wet towel, would cosider it a very very light film. But it worked very well. I'm not sure if I'm going to do it everyday. Doing a full lather is IMHO a bit more comfortable, but it does give a nice smooth shave faster than a 3 pass method.