Thread: What a 60+ yr veteran barber can teach you!

Originally Posted by admvalentine

so wtg then across then wtg again no atg and you get bbs?

No sorry that was a fat finger typo. Wtg. Xtg. Atg.

I'll have to try this. I feel I've been getting a little too comfortable while shaving lately. I'm getting a couple weepers per shave for the past couple of weeks. I keep pressure under control for awhile and then I just get lost in the motion and before I know it I'm using some pressure. I also take long strokes on all passes. This sounds like it may help a lot. Thanks for sharing!

When I started with teh Straights last november, (Yea I know thats no time at all..) I was trying to do long strokes that covered from the bottome of my side burns to my jaw line in one shot, and then jawline to base of throat with another single stroke... wasnt getting good shaves. So I eventually started doing short strokes and many of them. I go about 1/2 inch at a time almost no pressure and slowly progress down my face moving my 1/2 inch stroke 1/8th inch lower each time so there is a lot of overlap. works great for me WTG, then I do longer 1 inch or so XTG strokes and again back to the short strokes ATG. clean BBS, and no irritation. this is how I always used Cartridges and it just carried over easily.

I've been doing this to some extent subconsciously for the last few years, but since I read this thread, I decided to really focus on using this technique for the WTG and XTG passes, and the shaves have been great. Closer than they used to be.

Thanks for posting this. It did help me improve my shaves.

Originally Posted by yohannrjm

I've been doing this to some extent subconsciously for the last few years, but since I read this thread, I decided to really focus on using this technique for the WTG and XTG passes, and the shaves have been great. Closer than they used to be.

Thanks for posting this. It did help me improve my shaves.

Awesome! Glad to hear it helped. I know it got me past my plateau. I was getting great shaves, but this brought the comfort level an finish my to a new level.