i have done it in less than 10 but then i got to thinking : i started str8 shaving to relax so i slowed it down some to about 20-30 min straight shaving should be enjoyable and relaxing its not a race
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i have done it in less than 10 but then i got to thinking : i started str8 shaving to relax so i slowed it down some to about 20-30 min straight shaving should be enjoyable and relaxing its not a race
I'm 30-40 minutes including shower, stropping, lathering, some more stropping, cut a few arm hairs to make sure the razor is up to snuff...3 passes to BBS, then clean-up, wash-up, tidy up, and then sneak another peak at the shiny steel I just used to shave my face!
I get a nice close shave, so I only do the above routine every other day.
My "off" nights I usually just skip right to sneaking a peak at the shiny steel....
Little more than 20 mins if I take my time with the straight, 15 mins if I'm in a hurry. With the DE I can usually get it done in a little less than 10 mins... :D
Im a newbie .. so 20 min - 35 min.
I am also a newbee (this is my first post!) and the whole process takes more than 30 minutes. Although I expect the I will improve with the practice, I do not thing it will take less than 15 minutes.
Rizo
Yesterday I cheated by using shaving oil topped with aloe vera gel instead of lather. It cut my time in half and the shave was one of my closest. So I guess from now on it's oil for fast shaves, lather for more enjoyment. :hmmm:
(Mind you, I normally take 30-40 minutes, so I can probably speed up my lather shaves greatly too.)
Since I started shaving with a straight razor, I prefer to take my time. I enjoy it more than I used to enjoy shaving with a cartridge razor. I actually look forward to shaving now. 30 to 40 minutes is about my average, but the time is deliberately long just because it's my relaxation time.