Thread: Failure @ Honing & Stropping Or

A 4 pass shave would put my face on fire. I went opposite, I hone and I was taught shave ready means no stropping.
I swore off CrOx. Now Euclid440 taught me it put a dab on my Snow White hone. Then knock off the wire brush with the natural of my choice. I love my Scrupleworks strop but sadly only use it for scary sharp I want weepers sort of shave. When your shave is so close that by pass 3 I have more dead skin cells than hair composition, I went far enough. I would like to ask,"what is on the edge of your blade by pass 4?" Just curious. I went there a couple times and my face felt wind burned after the shave, I couldnt even faceturbate pleasurably.

Again, thanks for all the replies. My main concern was that I felt I needed a refresh of some type too soon. Reading the replies it would seem that it is not that soon especially considering that I do use a four pass shave daily. So I guess needing something done after 7 of my shaves would be about the same as a two pass shaver needing a little refresh after 14. I had not really considered that aspect before.

I would like to get a 20K synthetic to try at some point when funds open up. At this point the diamond spray on felt gets the edge a little better than the 12K and then the CrOx on leather softens that diamond edge.

I've never had an issue with razor burn, well not after the first couple months anyways.

It just does not feel like a complete great shave without the four pass and again, I enjoy the me time in the bathroom while shaving and not having to think of anything else. Very much enjoy a 95% BBS daily, but that's the anal perfectionist in me coming out.

What is on my edge on the fourth pass. Enough that I feel the difference if I don't. Pretty much a full face touch up against the grain.

I certainly wouldn't say my daily four pass is right for others, but it is for me.

Have a good weekend.

Hey, Pipeguy. I bought a blade from a guy that was doing 5 passes. I was doing 3+ at the time. I do one + touch-ups now. Whatever else is in play - let someone else argue with what works. If its working, you like it, no glaring down-sides? All else can STFU.

What led me to the single pass shave was initially the desire to have some stubble available in the evening with which to test new edges. An odd thing happened - my single pass got better & better & there was now no stubble available to test on. That doesn't mean your passes are inadequate, but you may want to notice what you get from each & how much you can do in each pass.

Another possible player is: the number of laps you do on the fast, aggressive pastes or sprays - can make an edge frail & prone to early failure. At 4 passes, this doesn't seem that likely, but you can do w/ your honing what I mention in the shave passes. If your 12k is really up to par, you need VERY little from any pastes & sprays.

We get spoiled & picky w/ our shaves & edges. I really think that's a wonderful thing. We get to enjoy more at a higher level of edge quality than most of our ancestors thought possible.

Hey I used to do that many passes too, but after about a year and having very good edges I noticed the whiskers just weren't there after two passes, time makes us better at this activity. One day you might find there all gone by three or even two passes, more time touching up , probably makes for a better edge too. It works for you and that's all there is to it. Tc

Glad I stumbled across this thread. I was worried I was wanting a refresh a little too often as well. I start getting the itch to run blades over a barber hone or back to a finisher for a refresh about the same time frame. Sounds like that's par for the course.