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I shaved with a DE the last couple of days and I am stubbly after 12 hours. patchy but visible stubble. Damn it all.
How long do you guys stay representable when you shave with a straight?? I think I am good for a little longer I usually dont feel like I need another shave until bed, and then I wait until the morning.
My beard lasts longer with a straight as well. Some guys claim, or used to, that they could go two days with a straight. That was never the case for me.
With a DE I want to shave again in the evening. I can open up a DE pretty seriously and extend it out a little.
I see, I may go shaving right now, its a little late, and I would probably want to shave when I get up. But oh well.
With a Mach 3 I got a 9am shadow if I shaved at 6.30am.
A DE would take me to early afternoon.
With a straight - very much depending on the blade I use - I tend to feel I need a shave in the late evening.
The above is only for WTG shaves. I avoid ATG like the plague, due to the monster ingrown hairs that I get.
Personally, I go days... like usually 3-5 before a fresh shave, but then again, I've not yet truly shaved with a straight, and have never even tried a DE. Plus, I could probably use a shave every day. I typically go clean-stubble-stubble-clean or some similar variation.
Like so many other things, it's extremely dependent on the individual, their preferences, technique, etc.
I usually showered and shaved in the evening when I got home from work, about 6 p.m. This shave would leave me with about a DE shaves worth of stubble the next morning and 5 o-clock shadow by about, well... 5 P.M. :) . If I have a important meeting or church I will shave in the morning. If I am going out the same evening I can get stubble off my face again 8-10 hours leaving it completely BBS but It is only worthwhile for a really special occasion like an anniversary dinner where I expect my face to be felt not just seen.:w After doing that though I make darn sure to to wait at least 24 hours before I shave again or we will have burn:cry:
I normally shave every morning Monday through Friday. On weekends, usually Saturday evenings and not at all on Sunday. This may change depending on circumstances, but this is the usual routine. I have on occasion, skipped a weekday morning if I'm pressed for time and have nothing going on in the evening.
I shave every morning Mon-Friday Sometimes don't shave over the weekend so I can get a great shave Monday morning. It lasts the whole day most times unless I don't do a good job.
A quick and dirty shave aka non-BBS will last me about a day. BBS will last me at least 2 days. Lately I haven't really been going for BBS- maybe my subconscious wants to shave more often:D:roflmao
A 3 pass shave WTG, XTG, ATG will last me through the next day.
I will usually shave after 36hrs if I have done a 3 pass shave.
BTW - my subconscious is constantly shaving.
Good thing there is such thing as mental razor burn.
I only really need to shave about every 3 days as my beard, although quite tough, is slow growing. I get about the same life out of each shave using any shaving implement, straight, DE or Mach3 etc.
This is one of the factors that got me into straights in the first place as I reckoned, I do not have to do this every day so I may as well make the most of it and turn into something I really enjoy (I did not figure it would turn into the passion that it is today, mind you!!)
Also for this reason I always shave in the evening and try to shave BBS each time.
Ray :)
I still have not got a bbs shave in 6 months of wet shaving. I get nice smoothness in spots that is almost bbs but ends up stubbly after about 8 or 9 hours. I have one spot under my jaw that is bbs almost all of the time but the rest of my face is to unpredictable to shave bbs.
That's the problem with shaving -- it just keeps growing
back! There's just no way I could stay smooth all day
long, but using a straight or DE I can get a wonderfully
close shave that will get me through the workday looking
good.
- Scott
I shave around 7 a.m. With my old Mock3/Edge gel setup, I would look terrible by early afternoon. By 5 p.m. I definitely had that "need to shave" look goin' on...
Now I don't get my former 2 p.m. look until late in the evening--maybe 9 or 10 p.m. I can feel stubble by the late afternoon, but it's not visible.
BTW, matt, I feel your pain on the BBS thing. I have been at this for a year and haven't gotten to 100 percent BBS. My face is pretty angular, and I think there are just some spots that I can get completely clean without causing razor burn.
The weird thing is, though, that my shaves still last longer than they did with the Mock3. That thing must have been even worse than I remember...
Josh
I go 2-3 days without a shave. Not because I can, but because I have to! Slow beard growth, and only down the midline (upper lip, chin, neck -- nothing on face or cheeks).
When I used a Muck3 I used to count it as a blessing. Now I wish I could shave more often. :cry:
I shave at 9.00 pm and it's 48 hours minimum before there's enough growth to go again. The benefit is being able to take my time at night, doing the whole extended prep thing every time.
I am with you Mark!
One other good thing about shaving at this rate is if you cut your face the last time you shaved, it gives it plenty of time to heal before you go hacking at it again
Ray
I shave every workday in the morning. On weekends, it depends when I take my shower. If I'm going out, I usually shave again when I shower for the evening. Generally, just a one-pass in the evening will do.