Does anyone else increase the angle for BBS?

[ace]

It is important to remember that angle and pressure are inter-related. You can shave with a surprisingly high angle as long as the pressure is kept low. This will allow the blade to remove whiskers without removing skin.

[gssixgun]

and little to no pressure it seems to clip the remaining hairs off for a BBS shave with little to no irriitation.

Reading your post this is where I think you are getting the improvement..

Something to try and see if it works

After you finish your passes, stop, rinse your face with clear water once, and use the razor without any skin stretching at all just glide the blade over the skin, basically try to ride the skim of clear water adjust the angle so that you feel the hair catch if possible..

I find this yields the closet yet most comfortable results... try it and see if it helps YMMV of course as much as all our faces do

[1holegrouper]

For me when I'm shaving my thicker areas (like chin and upper lip) I raise the angle- which seems to be the opposite of many. On sensitive and thinner spots I lower it down to 25-30. But like others have said, this is also in concert with pressure and SPEED, scything or straight.

[Steel]

Something to try and see if it works

After you finish your passes, stop, rinse your face with clear water once, and use the razor without any skin stretching at all just glide the blade over the skin, basically try to ride the skim of clear water adjust the angle so that you feel the hair catch if possible..

Thanks Glen and pfries for something new to try! Although I already have BBS shaves that are very comfortable I do like to hear about and try different techniques so I gave this a try and had some great results.

After my normal 3 pass shave instead of stretching and touch ups I just went a once over with the razor and very lightly clipped off anything left. Surprisingly it was also a BBS shave but with less time! The only draw back I had was that without stretching the stubble seemed to be back in about 9-10 hours as opposed to around 13-15 hours (give or take). All in all I really liked it, it saved time, and had great results. I still increased the angle but I think I will be doing this last pass with water and no stretching going forward.

Thanks again for the new stuff to try and to everyone else that confirmed that I am not the only one who increases the angle to get the trouble spots.

[Steel]

Just an update. This new routine of making the final pass with no stretching or lather has shaved off (pun intended) 10-15 minutes of my shave time!! I have a few thoughts as to why.

First, since there is no stretching on final pass I avoid the trap of stretching-shaving-rubbing to find a few whiskers left-stretching-shaving-rubbing to find one or two more-stretching-shaving-ahhh finally. With no stretching on the final pass I am only focusing on the whiskers that matter to the end result of a smooth face/neck and not all the other ones that seem to only seem to be felt when stretching. Of course I stretch in the other passes which helps with a very close shave.

Second, there no lathering so that must save time too.

Third, it's just a single pass instead of going over and over spots.

Whatever the cause it is much quicker which is helpful to someone who chases a BBS every time. As to the reason for this thread I still increase the angle and maintain almost a negative pressure (of course this is impossible but meaning very very light) as I 'clip' off any missed hairs. A word if caution though. If you can not keep the pressure very light then you run the risk of a bad cut with no lather and a steep angle. FWIW.