Thread: Two Pass Daily or Three Pass Every Other Day or Something Else?

Im steadily getting into the swing of straight razor shaving and I m now conquering years of shaving rash and irritation and I only nowadays get the odd nick, usually on my chin when Im thinking about other things then shaving my chin.

What Im finding is that if I shave with two passes daily or three passes every other day I get very little irritation with known products. A three pass will give me a BSS and a two pass is an acceptable DFS although when I run my fingers against the grain I can feel whiskers. I have fair skin so It does look more "shadowy" after two passes. but to me it looks clean and acceptable.

So both methods are suitable and comfortable with my skin. A three pass shave daily very rarely ends up BSS, more a DFS but closer than a two pass day but mostly due to two stubborn patches on my neck, but It does irritate me a little. I don't have to shave everyday but I do love the time to myself and the fresh scents every day. Can you ever get too much I ask myself?

This got me thinking and wondering. What did our fathers do? Did it occur to them to aim for BSS every shave? Did they do One pass, two pass or three?

What do most of you out there prefer to do shave wise? every day, every other, two or three pass or more?

Generally for me, two passes and I'm good for every other day.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Generally for me, two passes and I'm good for every other day.

Do you shave ATG?

Originally Posted by kevinred

Do you shave ATG?

My routine is WTG all over, then I reapply lather. Then it's XTG on the cheek area and ATG on the neck area, and done! Sometimes seems it's the shave goes to quickly!!

Originally Posted by Phrank

My routine is WTG all over, then I reapply lather. Then it's XTG on the cheek area and ATG on the neck area, and done! Sometimes seems it's the shave goes to quickly!!

What he said!

I mix it up both on time between shaves and strokes but id say what i do most is atg(i know thats wierd but i seem to get better results so why fight it) then wtg followed by cold water touch up usually only around my jaw line. Im getting where i can accomplish this in about 15 minutes from building lather to splashing on my aftershave and still get near bbs with very little irritation although i fear the day i get rid of my goatee and have to learn to shave my chin as i imagine that will double my time for a while.

I aim for 3 passes everyday, but on days I don't have the time i'll settle for one pass and a hybrid atg xtg touch up pass.

WTG, ATG, every other day. Great results.

Yeh I always go with a 3 pass Shave (W,X,ATG) every Mon, Wed &. Fri for work but sometimes more often if I want for going out etc
Now after 7 months get constant BBS with the odd extra directionals in the difficult spots on the neck

Two usually, daily.