Best Shave yet and Question about ATG/BBS

ATG Questiion at the bottom if you want to scroll down:)

I had my best shave with a straight so far today. This is the first shave i have had where i could just relax and listen to NPR while i did my thing.

I usually dont have a shower before, but i'm heading up to columbus for a bacherlor party and it is my last chance for a shower:)

I washed my face with an olive oil bar and massaged it into my beard for about 1 minute. really seemed to soften up the hair more than normal


..but on to the shave.. i'm babbling.


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SuperLather - Cheap VDH soap that "improved" by melting, adding glycerin/essential oil & Proraso

1 Pass WTG
1 Pass XTG
1 pass just on the chin/neck area going XTG the opposite direction.
Cold Water/Witch Hazel/Lotion

This was the best shave i have had so far. I think i did a much better stropping and the razor cut cleaner. Used a more aggressive angle(probably closer to 30 for once). Really concentrated on making sure every area i shaved was strechted.

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Q: My shave today would probably be considered a good shave and fine for work. It was not BBS. Is it possible to achieve BBS without ATG? I am not going to attempt it until i can almost shave blind WTG/XTG :)

Thanks again, sorry about the novel. i need to improve my writing skills.

Congrats on your best shave yet. :rock:

I have to go ATG on my jawline or I will not get BBS. All other areas on my face I can do a WTG and XTG pass and get BBS.

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Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Q: My shave today would probably be considered a good shave and fine for work. It was not BBS. Is it possible to achieve BBS without ATG? I am not going to attempt it until i can almost shave blind WTG/XTG :)

Thanks again, sorry about the novel. i need to improve my writing skills.

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There are certain areas of my face that I can get BBS with XTG, but not all. Some guys can occasionally get BBS WTG. :rock:

As for the novel... keep em coming! That's why we're all here. :)

As other members more experienced than I have said, it is better to have a comfortable shave than to have a red swollen BBS close shave. XTG works well in most places, but if you have to go ATG then touch up those particular areas and leave it at that. Don't go for a full face ATG pass if you don't have to. I hope this helps.

i usually do WTG then XTG, then another XTG from just my sideburns to chin with my mouth wide open (this one is just a personal preference) and then i do ATG on just my cheeks and side burn area with a lot less angle and very little pressure. if i do ATG anywhere else it is usually with hot water only (which mixes with the shave cream residue) and it tends to be the jawline only. sometimes i don't even do ATG if i am pressed for time. hoep this helps.

Good luck and it sounds like you are doing pretty well so far, so keep it up!

I can't get a perfect BBS without going ATG on the two tiny spots on either side of my Adam's apple and a lot of skin streching....
It just isn't worth it to me on those two spots, nobody else can tell, except me really trying to find an errant whisker....
So I now coin the term APBBS Almost Perfectly Baby Butt Smooth :rofl2:

No BBS for me -- I just can't do it. Plus, even if I did manage to
coax the whiskers beneath the skin, they would make their way
back out 45 mins later.

I think the answer is -- it depends. Stick with WTG/XTG for a
long time, then give ATG a try (carefully).

- Scott

I find that I can get pretty close to BBS with additional cleanup using XTG passes. So, I like the newly coined:
"APBBS Almost Perfectly Baby Butt Smooth."

I like the novels, so please keep them comming.

I get bbs only when i go atg.
But i agree, apbbs is better than bbbbbs(bloody, burned but baby bum smooth)

Maarten

congrats on the great shave i can get bbs sometimes by only doing two passes but i have to stretch the skin extremely tight

What someone can do during a shave, and what someone needs to do to get it smooth, is very different for all of us.
I need to tackle my whiskers exactly ATG, in order to be smooth. Even on my cheeks. Luckily, my skin doesn't object to an ATG-pass at all.

I understand there are guys that can't do ATG without irritation, and there are also guys that seem to need only an WTG-pass to be smooth.
No one can figure out what you need and can do, but yourself.

Keep up the good work:tu,

Bart.

Its been said a couple of times, but in my limited experience, everyone's shave is different and it really depends. In my case, the only way I've been able to get BBS on my neck is to go ATG. I've been able to get BBS on my face pretty well going XTG. When I first started ATG my neck really burned, but it was smooth. After a little while the burning stopped and now its comfortable. Anyway have fun with it, and don't be afraid to experiment within your comfort zone.

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

I can't get a perfect BBS without going ATG on the two tiny spots on either side of my Adam's apple and a lot of skin streching....
It just isn't worth it to me on those two spots, nobody else can tell, except me really trying to find an errant whisker....
So I now coin the term APBBS Almost Perfectly Baby Butt Smooth :rofl2:

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Hmm, I always called that a Sic' em shave "Screw It, Close Enough for Me".