Thread: 2nd pass the next day?

Hi! I just wanted to also poke in here and mention this...

Using a Straight Razor will not magically prevent hair growth, nor really slow it down. If you're a fast grower, shaving daily will still be a requirement, you just wont be doing it with a POS 6 blade nightmare like a Mach 6 from Gillette.

24hrs is reasonable time passage for stubble to reappear.. so I'd just pretend that 24 hours means another day has passed, and start fresh, as previously suggested by Birnando.

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Originally Posted by usnavysubs

Using a Straight Razor will not magically prevent hair growth, nor really slow it down. If you're a fast grower, shaving daily will still be a requirement, you just wont be doing it with a POS 6 blade nightmare like a Mach 6 from Gillette.

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Nor did I expect it to. My concern is that usually I do 2 passes with a mach 3 (1 wtg and 1 atg), and that gets me about 2 or 3 days before I need to shave again. If I shave after only a day, or day and a half that's when I really get irritation. My skin just doesn't seem to like so many passes in a short period of time. So I was concerned if I do another 2 or even 3 passes today I might get really bad.

I guess I'll just do another wtg pass and live with those results until I get a little more comfortable.

Do you get pretty thick hairline around the neck, under the beard? you could always utilize clippers on the off days, and then clean it up every 2-3 with the Straight.

Originally Posted by usnavysubs

Do you get pretty thick hairline around the neck, under the beard? you could always utilize clippers on the off days, and then clean it up every 2-3 with the Straight.

Not so much. I stop it at the edge of my jawline on top so that sort of hides the transition, and on the bottom it sort of tapers away....my beard grows kinda weird I think. I can go 3-4 days if I have to without shaving and it's not too ugly, but I can grow a full beard in a week. It's like it starts slow but once it hits a magic point it just starts going like crazy.

I was just worried a bit because this first shave wasn't as close as I usually would go, so I'm concerned that if I have to shave more often than I used to it might start causing irritation.

I think you'll find it's most comfortable to shave with the grain before shaving against - but the only way to know for yourself is experiment. Be comfortable with it first though