I've been shaving with one tool or another for more than 50 years. Using no tool (double edge, injectors, many bladed cartridges and SRs) I've never made more than a pass plus a touch up. ..call it a pass and a half. I have a fairly medium beard, but it grows in many different directions, so tell me, am I crazy or does BBS really require 3 passes? I can't bring myself to go ATG with a straight.