Thread: Every day shave experiment.

I know a lot of the members here are every day shavers. I however have always been a every other or every third day shaver. This week I decided to do the every day shave. I used my straights. Razorock croaps. And my normal brush lineup. The results for me are inconclusive. While I did receive a decent shave every day, I was not able to get a bbs shave. Normally on my third day of growth my face and head are bbs when I'm done. In conclusion my thought is this. While I enjoyed shaving every day, and I really enjoyed being clean shaved every day, I will return to every other to every third day shaves. I believe my skin needs the time to recover to truly get the most from my shaves. Curious to what others experiences are. Maybe there is something I can change to improve my every day shave results.

I don't think it has anything to do with the skin "recovering" but a shave might be closer with a little more hair on the face to serve as weight to pull itself down while shaving (or not)

I generally shave every day but sometimes I use a DE and sometimes I use a straight. I seem to get a slightly better straight razor shave when I let the facial hair get a little longer.

Originally Posted by RollinCoal69

I know a lot of the members here are every day shavers. I however have always been a every other or every third day shaver. This week I decided to do the every day shave. I used my straights. Razorock croaps. And my normal brush lineup. The results for me are inconclusive. While I did receive a decent shave every day, I was not able to get a bbs shave. Normally on my third day of growth my face and head are bbs when I'm done. In conclusion my thought is this. While I enjoyed shaving every day, and I really enjoyed being clean shaved every day, I will return to every other to every third day shaves. I believe my skin needs the time to recover to truly get the most from my shaves. Curious to what others experiences are. Maybe there is something I can change to improve my every day shave results.

Were you unable to do the same number of passes when shaving on a daily basis? For me, two passes is enough if I'm shaving on a daily basis. If shaving only a couple times a week, I'll do three passes, so naturally it's going to be a closer shave.

I tried both two and three passes. Continued with shave today with same good not great results.

actually if you shave every day your beard will be thicker and it will grow up faster. it's the case for me.

Every day is just not necessary. I shave twice a week. I like to let it grow out some before I mow it down. But if my appearance demanded it, every other day would suffice. The day after there is still nothing visible.

Very interesting thread here. I've now been straight razor shaving for nearly two years. One spends a fair amount of time just getting used to the newness of it all, the shaving, the equipment, the techniques, the stropping, the honing, etc. Somewhere around the one year mark comfort with it all starts to settle in; right hand, left hand, the 3 passes, the neck, the chin. The nicks, cuts, and blood become less and less.

Something I've noticed, and commented to my wife on, is how I classify my need for a shave. I presently have the 24 hour shave, the 34 hour, and the 48 hour. With improvement of my shaving skills, I'm finding the 24 hour shave is too soon. Just not enough whiskers have grown back for a comfortable shave, even for this 57 year old grizzled face. I suppose this could be measured as success. I have arrived as a competent straight razor shaver. However if I go 34 hours till my next shave, I'm saying to myself, I really need to shave. The 48 hour shave happens only because I couldn't get home or to a truck stop with shower to shave earlier. By then, of course, I'm a whiskered mess in dire need, desire of the blade.

Also I've noticed if I have too many 24 hour straight razor shaves in a row, my face does become tender. Strangely I've found myself rubbing my face at the end of the day, ready to head to the truck stop showers and say, nope, not tonight.

UPDATE: Just finished unload Saskatoon, SK. Return Houston, TX empty.

I shave daily. What helps is moisturizing after every shave. Also if you shave every 3rd day the feeling of three day to post shave feels dramatically different then daily stubble even though the end result may be the same

I shave every other day only because the next day there just isn't any stubble to shave. My go to straight fortunately gives me a great shave. Unlike when I used cartridge razors the stubble would be back in 3-4 hours.

I shave daily. BBS or dag gumb close to it every day. With a one pass + touch ups daily I get BBS about 85% of the time and the 15% that I miss it is only by a hair.