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

I'm usually in the 20-25 minute range but with caveats: I have coarse, wiry whiskers and my neck is fully covered with whiskers down to my collar bone. So I require shaving a lot of surface area covered in tough whiskers. Most of the 'quick shave' videos are guys with wispy thin hair and whiskers that stop half-way down the neck. Nothing wrong with that, my point is just that shaving times are relative. Here's a timing breakdown:

Building lather: 2 minutes
Lather full face: 1 minute
First pass, N-S: 5 minutes
Lather neck: 1 minute
E-W on neck: 2 minutes
Lather neck: 1 minute
W-E on neck: 2 minutes
Lather neck: 1 minute
Touch up on neck: 2 minutes
Lather jawline up: 1 minute
S-N pass: 5 minutes
Re-lather jawline up: 1 minute
Touch up pass: 3 minutes

Total time: ~27 minutes

Cleanup is around 5 minutes. I do that 3 times a week and I get a full BBS with very little irritation.

Your timing is about like mine. Include brushing teeth, putting pomade and combing my hair, waxing moustache, and razor maintenance, I'll occupy the throne room a full 45 minutes.

For me it's a five minute shower, then about 20 minutes to shave. I usually do two passes on moustache, cheeks and chin, and three on my neck.

If I am rushed I don't use a straight, but break out my vintage English Gillete Rocket Flare-tip. Rushing with.a straight razor is a recipe for disaster -for me anyway.