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  1. Domi's Avatar
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    The image links are broken.
  2. Pyrateknight's Avatar
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    I am still learning my second pass but I have been finding that my first pass has been getting better and better with each shave. I think it's one of those by the time you get back to experimenting with just the single pass your skill has far surpassed where you left it at in memory.
  3. pcg's Avatar
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    I've found a one-pass on days that I'm rushed is "okay," but a second pass remains superb. And I assure you that my razors are sharp.

    I love the one-pass concept, but in practice, alas, two passes are better than one... And three are magical. There are no shortcuts.
  4. glopezz05's Avatar
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    I have found that with my safety razor, a 2 pass shave is very quick and produces great results but I still need to shave every day. With my Dovo singlette I can do a 2 pass shave and not need to shave the next day. No, I don't have a thick or extremely full beard.

    The difference is significant and I expect it to me more so when I get a "real" straight razor.
  5. 1OldGI's Avatar
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    It was a general statement that in my experience anyway, thicker stubble makes for a better "feeling" shave. Kind of like when you take a day off from shaving the next day the shave always seems that much better. One pass shaves naturally result in a bit more stubble after 24 hours than 3 pass multi-directional shaves. Thus producing the heavy stubble shave without skipping a day.

    For me at least, if I do the full up 3 pass shave, the next day's shave is in most cases merely academic. The heavy stubble effect is absent because there's just very little stubble. Although these are certainly good shaves, the day after a 3 pass shave is just a glorified touch up because there's nothing much to cut.
  6. Ryan82's Avatar
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    [I]"If you've shaved with a straight for any amount of time at all, you've probably figured out that a shave over heavy stubble tends to generally just feel better than without. With the one pass shave, I can duplicate heavy stubble every morning, without ever taking a day off."[/I]

    Can you elaborate on the above statement? I'm not sure how you equate the results of a multipass shave w/heavy stubble with a single pass shave w/minimal growth....