I like to do a 3 pass shave (WTG, XTG, ATG) and from start to finish it takes me around 30-35 minutes (all enjoyable ones)
I was wondering how long it took others to complete their shaving ritual?
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I like to do a 3 pass shave (WTG, XTG, ATG) and from start to finish it takes me around 30-35 minutes (all enjoyable ones)
I was wondering how long it took others to complete their shaving ritual?
I'm getting two passes (W/XTG & ATG) done in about 20 minutes from prep to clean up.
That's about half the time it was twenty months half ago.
X
depends on a day... i would say around 25-35 mins...
but i hardly do 3 passes... so around 10-15 mins is the normal time...
About a half hour consistent for me with a shower, but I only do two passes, then a quick touch up here and there.
Matt
If I'm showering first, about 15 minutes to do a 2-pass since I don't have to absorb all the prep time. I can soak the brush while I shower, don't necessarily use pre-shave, strop while the shower is warming up, etc.
If I'm not showering I usually go all out (hot towels, preshave, etc.) so probably closer to 30 minutes for the same 2-pass.
Ant
Oh a good half-day -- I like to take my time --bubble bath, champagne, cigar , and foot massage by two buxom-beauties. Oh you mean in real life? --- about 20-30 minutes --but still try to work those buxom-beauties in there if I can :D.
Justin
About 18 minutes for prep, strop, shave, and cleanup. I find the biggest factor in the length of my shave is the sharpness of the razor.
Okay I finally did a 2 pass (W/XTG and ATG) shave today and it was just as good as a 3 pass shave
Initially thought it might cause some burn but the razor was sharp enough to do the job well.
:)
25 mins
I keep finding out that less is more. I usually do 2 passes with added attention to the chin area but find the same two passes there also gives just about the same result as additional passes. So in answer to your question for a two pass shave from start to finish about 20 minutes.
I've been gravitating towards 1 pass.
Total time including stropping and building lather approximately 4 minutes.
Get 'r done!
Including shower about 40 minutes or so if I take my time.
Same as Alex. If I hurry, including a shower, 25 minutes. I take longer showers when I'm going to shave.
I shave at night, it's my relaxation time so I usually take a while and enjoy it as much as I can. Sometimes, depending on growth and razor, actual shaving can be less than 2 min / pass. Other times it may take several times that. Almost always, however, the overall time (shower, prep, shave, clean up) is over 30 min
Cheers
Ivo
My times probably aren't comparable because I have a moustache and goatee but... Including prep, stropping and clean up I'd say an average of 15 minutes for the face (2 pass). A single pass on the head takes about 10 minutes on average.
James.
My time is about 15 min from leaving shower to cleaning up.
Same as Ivo.
I only shave at night when my daughter is in bed. I hit the shower, prep, strop and shave WTG, and then ATG or XTG depending on the location on my face.
Alcohol based after shave and cleaning up of the tools.
Usually the whole routine incl shaving takes up 40 minutes.
But I am in no hurry either.
I only shave every 2 days max, and my shaving time is my only 'alone' time during which I can unwind from everything I encountered during the day.
I am definitely not trying to decrease shaving time. It takes what it takes, and that's that.
After getting out of the shower: pre-shave prep; 2 passes (1st is a combination WTG/XTG; 2nd is ATG) plus a water-only touch-up (not a full pass); post-shave cleanup and putting away the gear when I'm done: approximately 25 minutes.
I have to say though that 40minutes for me includes 4 passes and everything else in the bathroom, hair and Deodorant and such.
Current Personal shave times:
- 8 minutes single pass, hot lather prep, no time to spare.
- 12 minutes single pass, hot water prep
- 20 minutes double pass, hot water prep
- 30 minutes double pass, cold water prep
- 30 minutes double pass, shower steam prep, shaving au-Richz ;).
Glen F
35 minutes including shower, two-pass shave, alum block, skin food, brushing teeth, trimming nails, eyebrows, nose and ear hair, and clean-up. Add 5-min for an am BM.
And you thought the mental picture of Rich shaving commando was disturbing :w
Cheers,
Ed
Hey! RichZ's marines are a growing band!
Commando is the way to go! Though it adds five mins onto the shave due to the extra care and attention! 35 mins for me at the moment...
Go Marines!!!!!!
I get up 20 minutes earlier so I can get a full 35 to 40 minutes. This includes shower, prep and shave.
Ernest
I like to shave in the am also, quiet, no one to barge in on me, plus I have gotten up Early all my life. 4:30 AM. I will wake up. Shower, shave, face clean up, approximately 45 min. I love this and do not care really how long it takes me.
Phil
I'm about the same. Funny thing is, the other day, out of curiosity, I timed myself. After I got out of the shower and dried off, I looked at the clock. after I cleaned out my brush and put away the razor (I have a 5yo son and sometimes he has friends over for play dates, so putting away the razor is pretty paramount) It was exactly 13 minutes. I wasn't rushing, either. Of course, I only do one pass and then a second pass only over a few spots.
I think what makes str8 shaving take longer generally is the prep and clean up. It'd probably shave 5 minutes (no pun intended) off my time if I bought a hot lather machine.
The steelwire require roughly: 30 min (stropping/prep, 2 passes, cleaning/drying/stropping) Me and my old fathers barber accuse us have steelwire destroying he's edge... poor man hahahaha! (familything!) :nono:I don't like to hurry when shaving or ....... (you know!) When shaving enjoy's to the furthest extent it leaves nothing to be desired, untill ....... I guess I'm hooked here. :tu
feel smooth! /stefan
It takes me 15-20 minutes for 2 passes and touch up work, maybe less if I just took a hot shower and the beard is soft :shrug:
I must be doing something wrong.
to lather, strop 25 laps, WTG pass , strop 20 laps, another WTG pass (all I can do) I take about 5 or 6 mins .
WTH are you guys doing that takes so long???
OBTW I shave Commando most days so this IS taking my time. :cool:
Now, I know that ATG takes a little longer, I've done it. (disaster, every hair bumps)
But 20 or 30 mins more?
Easy-peasy:
I can eat my food in 5 min when in a hurry or when I don't care or I can take time to enjoy it for 30+ minutes (when I have company - can be hours, of course adding drinks and chat, etc.)
I enjoy shaving a lot. I don't have to shave - my wife likes me with stubble, and at work I only need to shave inrequently for some meetings (certainly not ALL meetings). At this point, I would rather not shave at all than have to rush and finish in 5 minutes. Having said this, sometimes I do finish very quickly the actual shaving part but then take my time for the other "rituals"
Cheers
Ivo
The WTG passes are easy and fast. If I'm in a hurry I'll do two WTG passes myself and it takes me about 7 minutes. The time consuming bits that drive my "long shave" time up to 15-17 minutes include the extra prep needed for going ATG as well as the actual ATG passes (very careful and time-consuming, especially around the chin) and any touch-ups and blade buffing.
Edit: Just to clarify - ATG passes using only water are *not* something you want to rush.
Yeah, I agree. The ATG pass is the time consumer for me too.
James.
Freakin' forever. Like 40 minutes all told. 2 hot towels, thorough face washing, prep, stropping, two passes and cleanup (especially painstaking around the chin and jawline). Down from 45 when I started but beyond that I don't see a lot of movement here. Hats off to you each-pass-takes-3-to-5-minutes guys.
I tend to shave at night when I can put it down to chill time. No way can I manage this while rushing out the door to work with a half-eaten bagel in one hand a jug of coffee in the other.
My goal is for straight-shaving to evolve from a hobby into just a habit but let's say I ain't there yet.
Just to be sure I did two passes WTG this morning while watching the time. From the time I put hot towel to face, through stropping, lathering, 2 passes, and cleaning and stowing the razor was 8 minutes. So it seems it's mostly the ATG work that's slow, but if I've got the time then it's worth it for the closer shave.
I don't whether to laugh, cry, or demand a video.
I guess it gives hope. I mean, my WTG pass is quick enough and getting quicker. But prep itself together with stropping takes me around 8 minutes, and the ATG pass (I don't do a x-grain pass) takes a good ten minutes, what with all the fooling around the chin and jawline.
Have you always been this quick? I mean once you were past the first learning curve?
Oh well, I'm learning.
The ATG pass is the slow one primarily because of the chin and jawline. And if you're only going WTG then you don't need the elaborate prep, just one hot towel and lather up before you strop, and give the lather a quick refresh before you shave.
It's not a particularly close shave though it's fine for the office. I prefer doing some cross-grain work in places, but this adds a minute or two to the time.
Did a slightly different routine this morning. I did the full prep, but then did one careful pass that was WTG on cheeks, ATG on lower neck, and XTG on upper neck, jaw, and chin. Then I relathered my upper neck on each side under my ears (my really troublesome areas) and shaved them again ATG. Prep was 5 minutes, and the shave was 4 minutes and another minute for clean-up (rinsing, wiping, and final stropping), so total elapsed time was 10 minutes, somewhat longer than yesterday but a much better result - the better prep really pays off once the razor hits the face, though I'm not sure that the same result couldn't have been reached with a bit less prep.