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12-01-2013, 11:01 PM #1
Does anyone else increase the angle for BBS?
Ok guys, here's what I mean. I do a normal WTG and XTG after a good pre-shave prep and while stretching the skin. Then I do an ATG pass at a very low angle. Around 5-10 degrees again stretching the skin. At this point I have a DFS going but there are still spots that are like a fine grit sandpaper. If I go over them again with the same angle ATG it doesn't get them even by stretching the skin in different directions but if I increase the angle to around 25-30 degrees with good skin stretching and little to no pressure it seems to clip the remaining hairs off for a BBS shave with little to no irriitation.
After reading many posts here about people that use low angles to get close (BBS) shaves I was wondering if anyone else does it this way (increasing angles for final pass/touch up). Lower angles are great when I first go ATG otherwise the hair drives the blade into my skin and I nick myself but when I am down to that last little bit it seems the only way to get it is to increase the angle. Not to crazy angles but like I said above to 25-30 degrees.
Anyone else?What a curse be a dull razor; what a prideful comfort a sharp one