Thread: Baby skin smooth. How long does it take you?

I've only been straight sharing for a couple months and to be honest I engirt to much to rust so it takes me around 30-40 min to shave.

yeah. and i get it from a mach3 alone. the straight is a different story though. lots of tugging. noob though.

Originally Posted by Chrisl

You guys sporting no facial hair that can do a BBS perfect shave across your entire face and neck to where all of your skin is squeaky when rubbed in all directions with no irritation and no nicks in 20 minutes or less from start to finish truly have my admiration.

Chris L

I voted 15-30 minutes but that's because I go over several areas, such as my neck between chin and adam's apple, several times. If I could stick to a two pass only shave I could do it in under fifteen and possibly not much more than ten minutes.

On MOST days it takes 15 minutes exactly. One pass WTG/XTG, one pass ATG, and one water-only touch-up pass. I've also started using cold water instead of hot for whipping up lather and blade rinsing, which saves a couple of minutes waiting for water to heat up (with the added bonus of saving energy). No hot towels, either. For me, they just take up more time, make a mess, and make my skin more prone to nicks and irritation. I like to simplify things as much as possible without sacrificing good results.

It has taken about a year and a half to learn how to get a BBS shave in 15 minutes without bloodshed. The very first time I tried to shave my entire face with a straight, it took more than an hour and I looked like I'd been slapped repeatedly

13 mins, three passes, BBS, but I have a goatee so I get to skip the hardest parts.

I've only been using a straight razor for about a month and I voted that I never got a BBS shave last week. Since then I've gotten a sharpening kit and changed my technique to draw the razor slightly diagonally across my face so that it cuts rather than scrapes. Now I can get a BBS shave in two passes 15-20 minutes.

I have a tough beard so the only way for me to get BSS is to do 3 passes. Since the ATG pass irritates my skin I take more time on prep. 45 minutes to complete everything, including hot towel and a pre lather to moisturize my beard. I strop in between each pass. I usually do BSS about once a week, and it gets me smooth enough that I don't need to shave the next day, which I find awesome and impossible to do with any other razor.

Now that I'm shaving only my chin, 20 minutes. When I did my entire face, 35 to 45. And BBS was rarely consistent in all areas.

Depends on how long it takes the bleeding to come to a full stop...

I've been shaving with a str8 for only a couple of months and only have tried BBS a couple of times, and for this I used my DOVO shavette, my other razors are not as sharp yet. I need to be extra careful with the area under my lower lip or I could cause serious damage to my face.