Thread: How long for the routine shave?

Originally Posted by chipvj

Does anyone see my license plate picture in these posts?

Nice license plate !!!

At night is a good time. Give yourself at least a half hour to dedicate to shaving if you are new to it. Good luck & enjoy!

Thanks for this thread. I was way off in my expectations. I've been watching YouTube videos for pointers and these guys seemed to pull it off in 10 minutes. Last night was my 3rd attempt at the straight edge. The first 2 were very disappointing. I rushed my lather, my stropping, everything. Last night was awesome though. I broke in my new dirtybird 1.5 scuttle. I slowed down and did a perfect stropping. This time when I did my first pass the razor just slid down my face like butter. I went for it and decided to go for the whole face. SUCCESS!!! I couldn't believe it. I lathered up again and went for the XTG pass. SUCCESS again!!! I couldn't believe how close my shave was. Definitely BBS. I just had clean up directly under my chin with my old Mach 3. All in all the whole process took about 30 minutes. In conclusion, just slow down, follow your steps and turn the whole thing into a ritual. Also when you do get that first close shave, don't chase the SWMBO around asking her to feel your face. It got old quick.
Thanks Again...
-Alex

I'm going for a record this morning, my fastest straight shave ever.

Uh, by the way, if I don't get back to the forum in a while,
would someone please come rescue me?

I shave at night 99% of the time. On the occasional morning shave I have a hard time focusing. I'm on my second cup of coffee by the time I get started and my mind is running about what I have planned for the day. Shaving at night is very relaxing and I think of every aspect of the straight shave. The other night I spent time at making lather with Al's shave cream. No rush, just taking my time and I might add, time well spent. I watched the video before I started and finally got a decent lather. Plus, I appreciate the shave much more after shaving at night. It just seems to be more gratifying.

Alex that's awesome! Sounds like you are on the way to shaving nirvana.
I have a 2 day growth on right now, can't wait for this afternoon / evening. I'm starting to think about it already.

Shave On!

Chip

Originally Posted by rc05

I shave at night 99% of the time. On the occasional morning shave I have a hard time focusing. I'm on my second cup of coffee by the time I get started and my mind is running about what I have planned for the day. Shaving at night is very relaxing and I think of every aspect of the straight shave. The other night I spent time at making lather with Al's shave cream. No rush, just taking my time and I might add, time well spent. I watched the video before I started and finally got a decent lather. Plus, I appreciate the shave much more after shaving at night. It just seems to be more gratifying.

Thanks so much for the info!!! That totally Stokes my confidence even more!!

I agree, I like climbing into bed with a fresh face....so does my wife. Ultimate relaxation. During the day I will hone and strop blades and generally care for my equipment. At night it's showtime. I do need better lighting though.

Shave On!

Chip

im still a bit of a noob at this myself and on average i takes me 30 ish minutes to shave, i do mine in the night as its more peaceful n i get the bathroom to myself most of the night

ive never been a fan of morning shaves even with safeties it was too much rushing.

hope this helps

Ive been on the straights since Christmas and have just been progressing through all the advised techniques.

At the moment because of early starts I strop before I go to bed. Then in the morning, wash face, apply baby oil, lather on face, 1 pass, rinse and apply after shave balm.

I then strop when I finish work.
I get a good enough shave to last to early evening.

Now the weekends are a different story, minimum 1 hour of face pampering!