How do you guys shave? Against, across or with the grain. I started to shave across, and then tried against. But when I shaved against the grain with my DE, I got razorbumps. Do you guys have problems shaving against?
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How do you guys shave? Against, across or with the grain. I started to shave across, and then tried against. But when I shaved against the grain with my DE, I got razorbumps. Do you guys have problems shaving against?
I shave with on the first pass, across on the second, and finish up where there is any hair left against, but only if I have to.
Typically I shave with on the first, across on the second, against on the third. I sometimes leave off the across pass if I'm maintaining a good shave. I sometimes cheat and skip a day or two as my beard doesn't grow very quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by zebbassman
I do two passes. 1st a with/cross pass depending on how sparse the hair growth is. 2nd an against pass to get BBS.
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3-4 passes for me.
North to South
East to West
West to East
and if needed South to North.
same as with the straight with the grain, against the grain, and across the grain.
The rare times I use a DE I usually do with first and across second.
I usually shave with the grain on the first pass and on the second pass I shave against the grain. Now my hair grows wierd in some places so the against the grain pass really only hits about 90% of my beard against the grain. So then I just wet my finger tips and feel for the areas that need a little more work and feel which way the grain is and hit those areas with some lather and shave away.
I suppose I could just do the WTG, XTG-Left, XTG-Right, AGT to get all the hair at every angle but I get bored and the way I do it now doesn't irritate my skin at all unless the blade is starting to dull.
One with then one against then touch up if needed, easy as pie
I go WTG, then XTG, then ATG with either the DE or the straight....although I've used exclusively straights now for the last couple of months.
when i do use a DE i normally go across the grain first then against the grain second, just totally skip the with the grain
With a straight I go with, then across. With a DE I find that all three (with, across, then against) work best.
I always shave North to South, then "Southish" to "Northish", following the curves of my face. Then touch up, ATG, a few known spots with stray growing whiskers. On a good day, that leaves me BBS. On a bad day, that leaves me, eh, extremely closely shaved.
Best regards,
Bart.
My standard is 2x WTG then 1x XTG This is enough for work
Then I consider my time and how the shave is going before going ATG
Depending on the timing and priority of my encounters I'll either go for the ATG plus touch ups or hold off for a single pass shave later in the evening.
* I let the lather taper off from thick lather to start to just a little more than water for final touch ups or detailing.
That's me
Three down
One up
One across
More as needed.
Jim
Do you mean 5 whole passes? or one down one up then one across...?Quote:
Originally Posted by jim
I shave north to south. Ear to nose. Then south to north
Yes, five or more, I don't get any razor burn. I get a very smooth shave.Quote:
Originally Posted by tjiscooler
Jim
I do
1 WTG (North to South)
1 XTG (East to West)
1 XTG (West to East)
and I'm done
I lather twice before shaving, then:
First pass is with the grain
Second pass is mostly across the grain but angled a little downward, about a 45 degree angle. Chin is done on the second pass (across the grain mostly).
I do the neck against the grain.
I add water and spend a few minutes buffing and adding water, getting missed spots, just relaxing and tooling around my face, checking for missed spots, adding water again, etc.
I then go ATG under the lower lip
DE: one with, one against
Straight: one with, one across, one against
I don't have a DE razor, but I know of other shaving strokes you could use besides W/X/ATG. On ebay, once in a while you might find an old ad by Gillette demonstrating a sliding technique. It's sort of like WTG, except you go at a slight angle instead of straight down. The blade still faces downwards though. Then another is called the J-hook. It's a short straight downward stroke, followed by a clockwise turn, forming a J. The final alternative stroke I know is the blade buffer. Kind of hard to describe... These are very, very short strokes. Not sure what else to say about it. These are suppose to provide a closer shave than conentional W/X/ATG strokes, but I haven't tried them myself, since I don't have a DE razor.
I believe there's a video on youtube demonstrating all three.
Yes, user "Mantic" has created videos (on Youtube) demonstrating those techniques. I have tried them and found for my beard they do not really do anything above and beyond what a normal ATG pass does, but a lot of people report good results from them and they are definitely worth checking out.