Thread: Against, across or with

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.

Originally Posted by zebbassman

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?

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.

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.