Thread: How fast is it possible to shave with a str8?

if you're racing against the clock, the SR is not your preferred tool! I use an SE when I want to go quickly, although I think that the time spent on razor and face preparation, as well as the razor cleanup, stropping and oiling probably takes nearly as much time as the actual 2 pass shave that I do with both SE and straight.

As many others have said, this is meant to be relaxing, so if you're really in a hurry use an electric - and take the consequences

Originally Posted by Maladroit

if you're racing against the clock, the SR is not your preferred tool! I use an SE when I want to go quickly, although I think that the time spent on razor and face preparation, as well as the razor cleanup, stropping and oiling probably takes nearly as much time as the actual 2 pass shave that I do with both SE and straight.

As many others have said, this is meant to be relaxing, so if you're really in a hurry use an electric - and take the consequences

The 6minutes is with no hurry. shave and latherup again don't need 20 to 30 minutes.

The sink filled with water and finding a soap. 30 sec walking to my cabinet with razors
figuring out the required razor i want to use today and throw the brush in the water ... 30sec
Stropping the blade is at most 30 to 40 sec. (60x leather)
The brush filling with soap and latherup what will that be.... 1min.
Shave and clean face is about 5min 42 sec.
Brush Rinse, 20 on leather strop, and a splash aftershave.about 30 to 40 seconds and Done. without any hurry ...

The question was "how fast is it possible to shave with a straight"
Well thats by me about 5.42 without any hurry.

I think we may have spies from Gillette here to convince people that shaving with a straight HAS to take so long.

How fast possible? How fast do you not want to bleed, or how fast do you want to bleed? There are so many variables, are you a new shaver, do you have a thick beard, is your whiskers thin or course, do you have acne, is your skin sensitive, does your whiskers lay flat or do they stand up, if the don't which direction do they grow in? I could go on and on not every face is the same, some things may apply to the most number of faces but not to a few, black men have whiskers that grow kinked which is prone to cause ingrown hairs on your face. My problem is sensitive skin, thick wavy whiskers, ingrown hair, and acne. It takes along time for me to shave regardless of what I use to cut my whiskers, and I have used anything and everything. Now if you have a young clean face and your whiskers look like peach fuzz, you maybe able to shave your whole face under thirty seconds, lol. Remember a straight razor can be so sharp that it will cut hair with little to no effort, so you may set a world record for shaving your face fast, but your may need to go to the emergency room after your done and need a blood transfusion.

Originally Posted by razorjoe

How fast possible? How fast do you not want to bleed, or how fast do you want to bleed? There are so many variables, are you a new shaver, do you have a thick beard, is your whiskers thin or course, do you have acne, is your skin sensitive, does your whiskers lay flat or do they stand up, if the don't which direction do they grow in? I could go on and on not every face is the same, some things may apply to the most number of faces but not to a few, black men have whiskers that grow kinked which is prone to cause ingrown hairs on your face. My problem is sensitive skin, thick wavy whiskers, ingrown hair, and acne. It takes along time for me to shave regardless of what I use to cut my whiskers, and I have used anything and everything. Now if you have a young clean face and your whiskers look like peach fuzz, you maybe able to shave your whole face under thirty seconds, lol. Remember a straight razor can be so sharp that it will cut hair with little to no effort, so you may set a world record for shaving your face fast, but your may need to go to the emergency room after your done and need a blood transfusion.

Here ya go
Sorry its sideways

Originally Posted by 32t

I think we may have spies from Gillette here to convince people that shaving with a straight HAS to take so long.

LOL You don't enjoy shaving with a straight or what? I also play golf, and laugh at the guys who want to finish a round in the fastest time they can do. Of course there is a new trend some people are trying, is running golf with 4 clubs and a putter in the bag, take you shot and run to the ball.
I think this is one big major problem in the world, people want to get everything done way too fast, enjoy the journey, life is way too short.