Thread: "the fools pass"

I use the two hand grip and move my head as well. I've never had a problem doing it this way, I just make sure I have a good lather and have removed most of the hair with previous passes.

Watched your video Feltspanky,cant shave myself like that,arm shaving straight the blade at 90 degrees to the direction of the pass.I always understood the theory as applied to the slant bar de razor is that a straight 90 degree cut was an invalid pass, only a guillotine or sythe action would be ok,you have proved it wrong,also your honing video which explains that however rounded the edge becomes the bevel does not ever need to be reset if it has been set from the beginning New Dovo razors with factory edges/bevel to me is a De Facto rounded edge,and to me every time a razor is used from a perfect bevel/ edge the further
away thet razor gets from a perfect v/bevel,again wrong.A well think ill just carry on the way ive been doing it i know its wrong but works for me .
The way i hone it wouldnt make any difference if the razor didnt lie flat as i always use 2xhand and always apply slight pressure either end of the razor never the centre.The only razor i have that was pre honed was that Tiers Issard i mentioned and it doesnt get used left in the drawer only like full hollows,which are dead easy to keep sharp,even if touching up doesnt constitute reestablishing the perfect v/bevel i believe it does
people believe all sorts of things dont they.

Your a bit of a salesman i think

I'm glad I have a goatee so don't need to do my upper lip!

I never do it...

I do take an ATG buffing stroke on the corners of my upper lip, but never in the center..

I spelled Seth MacFarlane's name wrong.

More on topic now. As said by others, I do a few fools passes every shave. I too do not feel completely shaved without it. I'm a special kind of crazy, I guess . Most do an extra half pass or somethin on their neck, but what bothers me more is stubble around my mouth right after shaving.

I do WTG, and two XTG passes. Those go away from the nose, towards the corner of my mouth; and then toward the nose. ATG is done "touch up" style. With the exception of WTG, freshly applied slick lather is required for these maneuvers.

I have a goatee and mustache, and the problem I had shaving those areas is one of the reasons! The upper lip always made me nervous for no real reason, it is all in my head at this point but I can not get past it. The name alone is enough to make you pause...

Never do it...Barbers back in the day never did it either. The upper lip and nostril area is full of nerves and infections in that area can be quite hazardous.

I always do it. You can of course go across the grain a bunch of times and you'll end up with the same result, but I found it works very well for me. Of course I don't have very heavy stubble on my upper lip; the heavy growth starts below that.

It also works for me for edge evaluation. When I get nicks or irritation on my upper lip, I know it's time for a touch-up.

I do never use the fools pass.

Always do the pass two handed, never had an issue. I think the two handed technique gives me the control.