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Did a slightly different routine this morning. I did the full prep, but then did one careful pass that was WTG on cheeks, ATG on lower neck, and XTG on upper neck, jaw, and chin. Then I relathered...

The ATG pass is the slow one primarily because of the chin and jawline. And if you're only going WTG then you don't need the elaborate prep, just one hot towel and lather up before you strop, and...

Just to be sure I did two passes WTG this morning while watching the time. From the time I put hot towel to face, through stropping, lathering, 2 passes, and cleaning and stowing the razor was 8...

The WTG passes are easy and fast. If I'm in a hurry I'll do two WTG passes myself and it takes me about 7 minutes. The time consuming bits that drive my "long shave" time up to 15-17 minutes...

About 18 minutes for prep, strop, shave, and cleanup. I find the biggest factor in the length of my shave is the sharpness of the razor.