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10-17-2009, 01:47 AM #21
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Thanked: 190After a 3 day growth - 15 minutes to get the awesome BBS shave. Tu - Fri, 8 minutes as its nothing more than XTG and ATG to maintain the good look.
When I first started out, it took 45 minutes and once I became proficient, then the time dropped to the above.
Pabster
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10-17-2009, 02:19 AM #22
About (with a little practice) the same time it takes to shave with a DE, and add in however long it takes you to do around 60 laps on a strop. Many like to make it take longer because using a straight is so much more enjoyable.
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10-17-2009, 02:28 AM #23
I've been at it 7 months and it takes me about 25min for a full 3 pass shave. I get such a close shave that I only need to shave about 3x per week, and I also shave at night before bed so I'm not rushed-- very relaxing.
-Chief
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10-19-2009, 05:30 PM #24
I timed myself last night. It took 27 minutes to do three passes. This included building lather, shaving, cleaning up everything, and stropping blade after. I felt like I was going about it fairly leisurely, definitely not hurried.
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10-19-2009, 05:46 PM #25
Thanks for all the help!!
Appreciate it
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10-19-2009, 05:55 PM #26
WTG + XTG + ATG + WP = BBS < 10 ~ 15 min.
"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
- Napoleon LeBlanc, 1895
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10-19-2009, 06:49 PM #27
I think I'm a slow stropper to boot - since I don't own stones yet (just my strop and Chromium Oxide balsa strop that I made a few weeks ago - which by the way was really fast/easy/cheap/effective) I go carefully enough so I won't botch the blade. I also enjoy taking time...in the cold weather, hanging out in a warm bathroom with hot kettle water in the scuttle is heaven!
I went back and looked at videos of myself shaving (which I did a few weeks before I found SRP). While I did two passes in about 8 minutes, they were not very effective and my technique was a disaster. I'm much better, but also much slower now LOL (I should really take those down)!
Very best for your day!
Julian
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10-19-2009, 07:06 PM #28
If I'm really screaming, in a hurry, got to get to work, kind of a rush, well...35 minutes. On weekends I'll lally gag up to an hour to get a really tight shave. I do a 3-pass every time.
Stop and smell the roses,
Marc
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10-19-2009, 07:12 PM #29
About a forty minutes, this time frame includes everything that I need to do pre and post shave.
nate
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10-19-2009, 07:18 PM #30
5 - 10 minutes
When I first started, it took me close to an hour for the whole ritual because everything was new to me from beard prep, to stropping, to shaving, and post-shaveLast edited by hoglahoo; 10-19-2009 at 07:20 PM.
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