Thread: A cool straight razor shave

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WyiKE56zY

He is a lot more confident than I am, for sure. However, that was only a one pass shave.

So...u haven't been at it long then, eh. !?

Coming up on 40 yrs for me. That's about right for a one pass shave, for me. Takes me longer to make lather and clean up, than it takes to actually shave.

I can do it that fast. I just generally don't. If I'm in a hurry I will normally use a DE not because of the shave time but the stropping pre and post shave and the drying the blade and scales part. The actual shave part is about the same.

Originally Posted by outback

So...u haven't been at it long then, eh. !?

Coming up on 40 yrs for me. That's about right for a one pass shave, for me. Takes me longer to make lather and clean up, than it takes to actually shave.

Not that long. I take my time. I don't get cuts, burns, or weepers. Plus, if I shaved like that, even if I did avoid blood, my whiskers would still be laughing at me.

Some folks have nice soft beards with grains that behave nicely. I don’t. My facial hairs are quite coarse and the grain wanders like a meandering stream.

There are parts of my face that I am able to wipe clean with one pass and others that require at least one more pass in a different direction. If I want a particularly BBS shave around my neck, I often have to do a third pass in another direction.

Yeah, it takes me three full passes and touch up.

You just have to do as many passes that brings you satisfaction. There's no right or wrong, only what is acceptable to you. A good comfortable sharp straight razor makes a lot of difference. That's the beauty of this, you get to choose what is right for you!

I can't help but notice he does not shave at all - the middle and left side of his face below the jaw line.
Why he would do just his right side of the neck and not the rest is suspicious to me.

He's doing a bit.