Thread: question for daily shavers

I may miss one day a year. Straight or Safety razor at will.

Beard growth and grain direction make a huge difference. On my face every pass is a mixture if WTG, XTG, and ATG.

I normally do a one pass shave and buff with thin lather or water. If I need to go for a weekend or a long day in company, I may do a buff on aftershave.

~Richard

I do three passes, all XTG. The way my hair grows makes WTG and ATG difficult, since I have a beard and only shave my neck and edge my cheeks. So I shave up my neck once and down twice, and that does the job. I never seem to get all the hair on the first down pass, which is why I do the second.

Being OCD I do 4 passes every day all year, WTG, XTG, ATG and a final combination pass. I am with apipeguy in that any way that works for you is good enough, we are all different.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Being OCD I do 4 passes every day all year, WTG, XTG, ATG and a final combination pass. I am with apipeguy in that any way that works for you is good enough, we are all different.

Bob

Wow - I'm glad you posted this - thanks!

I've been debating for sometime about becoming a daily shaver, and I've done it for a couple of days in a row as an experiment. My main issue with it has been, if I shave daily, then I was thinking it might just have to be a one pass, or two at most, which takes a lot of the joy out of it for me, I usually do 3 passes, but frequently will do 4 simply to clean up and for the love of it - why not?

So hearing that you do a complete shave everyday makes me think I wouldn't be nuts having a complete, enjoyable shave every day, it's so relaxing and such a great way to start the day - think I'll give it a try.

Originally Posted by Phrank

So hearing that you do a complete shave everyday makes me think I wouldn't be nuts having a complete, enjoyable shave every day, it's so relaxing and such a great way to start the day - think I'll give it a try.

Or we would both be nuts then.

Bob

I shave every day.
Usually 2 & 1/2 passes ,don't try to get away with 1 pass as my beard grows along the skin & it grows quickly. So usually WTG & ATG & the 1/2 pass is just to tidy up the problem area around the chin.
Cheers Paul

Conventional Straight shaver every day that I'm not on the road and carrying on..

2 Pass+ - North to South, South to North - with WTG and XTG for the chin.. and a third pass on the left side of my neck for that double swirly patch...I call it the .25pass

Provides BBS or near BBS that keeps me presentable all day...

Smooth Shaving..

I'm a daily shaver with a fast growing fairly heavy beard.
I do 3 1/2 passes daily. WTG, XTG, ATG followed by a half pass that cleans up around the stash and goatee, and the lower neck and its hollows, where the beard grows just plain funky.
The bottom line is do what works for you!


Pete <:-}

I used to shave daily and did 2.5 passes, I recently started missing a day here and there and did exactly the same.
Tonight I did a single pass which will get me through until tomorrow but it won't be as smooth.

I think that as has already been stated, you will just have to try it and see.

3 pass shave every night except Friday night to give my face a rest.
Although, sometimes that means I do one pass on Saturday morning because I'm addicted to a smooth face.