Thread: question for daily shavers

For those that shave daily, how many passes do you do? If you do just a single pass, is it WTG, XTG, or ATG?

I have been shaving more frequently, not daily though, and was considering if I shaved daily I might have low enough growth to do a single ATG pass.

I shave daily including weekends, and one pass WTG provides me with a perfectly fine shave. If I am feeling more OCD, I will go for a second pass XTG.

Usually I do two passes, WTG & XTG on my face and WTG & ATG on my neck. The only time I do a single pass is if I running short on time and in that case I just use my DE.

I'm a daily shaver and pretty OCD, so I do probably 3 1/2 passes every day. Normally get about 98% BBS.

That is done just for me and I enjoy taking the time to do it. If a one pass does it for you, then that is what you should do.

What is right for one may not be for the other, shaving should be for our own enjoyment and whatever works for you is the right way. Perhaps that is just every other day, who knows.

I will also say that I did not shave yesterday, as I did a lot of outside work and was just plain tired. My wife mentioned to me how scratchy my face was and said that I have really spoiled her with a soft smooth face.

If I use a Straight, I do 2 passes WTG on my face with a WTG & ATG pass on my neck.

If a DE, then it's 3 passes on my face & neck - WTG. XTG & ATG.

2 1/2 passes at most, often just two. I start neck up which for most of my face is against the grain, second pass is ears to chin which is mostly across the grain. That usually brings me to a very close very comfortable and clean shave. There are a couple of very small spots on my face and neck that I can feel it is not perfectly smooth, however nobody will ever see that and there are a very limited number of people that would ever touch my face.

Six days a week, with a break on Saturdays. 3 passes WTG, XTG and ATG.

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.

1 WTG and 1 ATG. More than two passes for me will usualy leave me with razor burn.

Learning to use the scythe stroke can help you get maximum ATG on the neck without having to use multiple passes.

apipeguy is certainly correct; you want find what works for you so that you are comfortable with your wet shaving results.