Thread: Shaving stroke

For sideburn and cheek areas I use a long stroke; almost everywhere else a short stroke. On chin and jawline I use a buffing stroke, no more than a 1/2 inch, but back and forth, pulling the lather back for the next stroke. Can I still claim a 2 pass shave with that stroke?

I use long strokes for wtg and xtg. Short strokes and scything for last pass atg.

Short strokes seems to work better for me, my beard being coarse is what I assume keeps me from the longs strokes I have tried. Certainly use short strokes with my shavette that sucker bites when I try to go long.

Probably longer strokes on the easy areas and short repetitive strokes on the areas that don't cut so easily.

Medium to short strokes work best for me, and long strokes are scary.

Originally Posted by apipeguy

Probably longer strokes on the easy areas and short repetitive strokes on the areas that don't cut so easily.

About the same here.

Bob

Originally Posted by cau

Can I still claim a 2 pass shave with that stroke?

It sounds like a good one pass shave. I believe you have to shave against the grain or in a different direction for it to count as a two pass shave.

I use a combination of long and short strokes. I'm still trying to figure out how to shave my neck without irritating the heck out of it. My beard grows in many ways on my neck.

I pretty much use long strokes and scything exclusively at this point. The only time I resort to short strokes is if the razor is telling me it needs a touch up, or I'm trying to get an extra close shave. Some of the trouble areas will get short strokes on the second pass. When I started I was much more meticulous and used short strokes exclusively. All depends on your skill, comfort level, and shave preferences.

Certainly some of the strokes are longer than others, but generally I use short strokes, esp if I go ATG...